Potent suppressive activity of nonpolyphenolic fraction of green tea (Camellia sinensis) against genotoxin-induced umu C gene expression in Salmonella typhimurium (TA 1535/pSK 1002), tumor promotor-dependent ornithine decarboxylase induction of BALB/c 3T3 fibroblast cells, and chemically induced mouse skin tumorigenesis

Teratogenesis Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 305-312

  Okai, Yasuji ^a,b   Higashi Okai, Kiyoka ^a  

^a Osaka Kun ei Women's College   (Japan)

^b Osaka Kun ei Women's College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticarcinogenic activity; Green tea; Nonpolyphenolic fraction; Ornithine decarboxylase; Tumor initiation and promotion

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 6 METHYLDIPYRIDO[1,2 A:3',2' D]IMIDAZOLE; 2 AMINOANTHRACENE; 7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYPHENOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; TEA;

3T3 CELLS; 9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TEA; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

ANIMALIA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031405580     PISSN: 02703211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6866(1997)17:6<305::AID-TCM1>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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