Chemopreventive potential of garlic and neem during gastric carcinogenesis induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine

Medical Science Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 209-212

  Arivazhagan, S ^a   Balasenthil, S ^a   Nagini, S ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Chemoprevention; Garlic; Gastric carcinogenesis; Glutathione; Lipid peroxidation; N methy N' nitro N nitrosoguanidine; Neem

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; NEEM OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GARLIC; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; AZADIRACHTA JUSS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SATIVUM;

EID: 0032776093     PISSN: 02698951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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