Experimental and epidemiological evidence of the cancer-preventive effects of Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue 11 II, 1996, Pages

  Yun, Taik Koo ^a  

^a Korea Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BIOCHANIN A; CAFFEINE; CAPSAICIN; GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; ISOTRETINOIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CARROT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GINSENG; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SPINACH;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MICE; NEOPLASMS; PANAX; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030435781     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1996.tb03822.x     Document Type: Article

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