Wakame seaweed suppresses the proliferation of 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)-anthracene-induced mammary tumors in rats

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 922-927

  Funahashi, Hiroomi ^a   Imai, Tsuneo ^a   Tanaka, Yuji ^a   Tsukamura, Kyousuke ^a   Hayakawa, Yasusyuki ^a   Kikumori, Toyone ^a   Mase, Takahiro ^a   Itoh, Takahiro ^a   Nishikawa, Mikiko ^a   Hayashi, Hiromiti ^a   Shibata, Arihiro ^a   Hibi, Yatsuka ^a   Takahashi, Masahide ^a   Narita, Tatsuhiko ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; DMBA induced rat mammary tumor; Immunohistochemistry; TGF ; Wakame

Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BROXURIDINE; IODINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SHIMAKAZE; THYROXINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BOUND IODINE; RAT; SEAWEED; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032725508     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1999.tb00836.x     Document Type: Article

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