Melatonin and colon carcinogenesis: I. Inhibitory effect of melatonin on development of intestinal tumors induced by 1,2-dimethylhydrazine in rats

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1549-1553

  Anisimov, Vladimir N ^a   Popovich, Irina G ^a   Zabezhinski, Mark A ^a  

^a N N PETROV RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,2 DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; MELATONIN; PINEAL BODY HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM TUMOR; FEMALE; ILEUM TUMOR; INTESTINE TUMOR; JEJUNUM TUMOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

1,2-DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIMETHYLHYDRAZINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; MELATONIN; RATS;

EID: 0031428105     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/18.8.1549     Document Type: Article

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