Prevention of N-nitrosodiethylamine-induced lung tumorigenesis by ellagic acid and quercetin in mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 313-318

  Khanduja, K L ^a   Gandhi, R K ^a   Pathania, V ^a   Syal, N ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chemoprevention; Ellagic acid; Lipid peroxidation; Lung tumorigenesis; Quercetin; Reduced glutathione

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; ELLAGIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; POLYPHENOL; QUERCETIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUIT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CHEMOPREVENTION; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; ELLAGIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICE; MICROSOMES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUERCETIN;

EID: 0032782963     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(99)00021-6     Document Type: Article

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