Inhibitory effect of silymarin, an anti-hepatotoxic flavonoid, on 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced epidermal ornithine decarboxylase activity and mRNA in SENCAR mice

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1099-1103

  Agarwal, Rajesh ^a,b   Katiyar, Santosh K ^a,b   Lundgren, David W ^a,b,c   Mukhtar, Hasan ^a,b  

^a Skin Diseases Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; FLAVONOID; MESSENGER RNA; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; SILYMARIN; TUMOR PROMOTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICHOKE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPIDERMIS CELL; FEMALE; LIVER TOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TUMOR PROMOTION;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; MICE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; RNA, MESSENGER; SILYMARIN; SKIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EID: 0028283883     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/15.6.1099     Document Type: Article

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