Dietary folate protects against the development of macroscopic colonic neoplasia in a dose responsive manner in rats

Gut

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 732-740

  Kim, Young In ^a,b,d   Salomon, R N ^a,b   Graeme Cook, F ^c   Choi, Sang Woon ^a   Smith, D E ^a   Dallal, G E ^a   Mason, J B ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemoprevention; Colorectal cancer; Dimethylhydrazine; DNA methylation; Folate

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; FOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DNA METHYLATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030452582     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.39.5.732     Document Type: Article

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