Effects of lutein from marigold extract on immunity and growth of mammary tumors in mice

Anticancer Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6 B, 1996, Pages 3689-3694

  Chew, Boon P ^a   Wong, Mun Wah ^a   Wong, Teri S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Immunity; Lutein

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PLANT EXTRACT; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTOTOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR IMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LUTEIN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLANT EXTRACTS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030485534     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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