Inhibitory effects of lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus Stapf) on formation of azoxymethane-indnced DNA adducts and aberrant crypt foci in the rat colon

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 949-955

  Suaeyun, Ratchada ^a,b   Kinouchi, Takemi ^a   Arimochi, Hideki ^a   Vinitketkumnuen, Usanee ^b   Ohnishi, Yoshinari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 O METHYLGUANINE; 7 METHYLGUANINE; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; AZOXYMETHANE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMES TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CARCINOGENESIS; COLON; COLON MUCOSA; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPT CELL; DNA ADDUCT; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME INHIBITION; LIVER; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; AZOXYMETHANE; COLON; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA ADDUCTS; GLUCURONIDASE; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POACEAE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; THAILAND;

EID: 0031427089     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/18.5.949     Document Type: Article

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