Effects of astragali radix extract on carcinogenesis, cytokine production, and cytotoxicity in mice treated with a carcinogen, N-butyl-N'- butanolnitrosoamine

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 30-35

  Kurashige, Satonori ^a   Akuzawa, Yuki ^a   Endo, Fumio ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHINESE HERB; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033007793     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07357909909011714     Document Type: Article

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