Inhibition of urinary bladder tumors induced by N-bytyl-N-(4- hydroxybutyl)-nitrosamine in rats by green tea

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-99

  Sato, Daisuke ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antitumor effect; Cancer prevention; Catechin; Urinary bladder tumors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; CHLOROPHYLL; DRINKING WATER; N BUTYL N (4 HYDROXYBUTYL)NITROSAMINE; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; RETINOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CANCER INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEA;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BUTYLHYDROXYBUTYLNITROSAMINE; CARCINOGENS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CATECHIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; PAPILLOMA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TEA; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033499677     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.1999.06239.x     Document Type: Article

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