Chemopreventive effect of curcumin, a naturally occurring anti- inflammatory agent, during the promotion/progression stages of colon cancer

Cancer Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 597-601

  Kawamori, Toshihiko ^a   Lubet, Ronald ^b   Steele, Vernon E ^b   Kelloff, Gary J ^b   Kaskey, Robert B ^c   Rao, Chinthalapally V ^a   Reddy, Bandaru S ^a  

^a AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Gene Print Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CURCUMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COLON CANCER; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG EFFICACY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CURCUMIN; DIET; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0033082458     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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