Antitumorigenic effect of crude extract of Viola odorata on DMBA- induced two stage skin carcinogenesis in the Swiss albino mice

Asia Pacific Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-50

  Perwaiz, S ^a   Sultana, S ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chemoprevention; Ornithine decarboxylase; Skin papillomagenesis in mice; Thymidine uptake; Viola odorata; Xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes

Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CROTON OIL; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE INHIBITOR; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIOLA ODORATA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TUMOR REGRESSION;

EID: 0032434393     PISSN: 02179687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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