Carrageenan given as a jelly, does not initiate, but promotes the growth of aberrant crypt foci in the rat colon

Cancer Letters

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 53-55

  Corpet, Denis E ^a   Taché, Sylviane ^a   Préclaire, Macha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Aberrant crypt foci; Carcinogenesis; Carrageenan; Colon

Indexed keywords

AZOXYMETHANE; CARRAGEENAN; GELLING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPT CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TUMOR PROMOTION;

ANIMALS; AZOXYMETHANE; CARRAGEENAN; COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; OCCULT BLOOD; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RATS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030893977     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)04624-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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