Suppression of N-nitrosomethylbenzylamine-induced rat esophageal tumorigenesis by dietary feeding of 1'-acetoxychavicol acetate

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 148-155

  Kawabata, Kunihiro ^a   Tanaka, Takuji ^b   Yamamoto, Tomohiro ^c   Ushida, Jun ^a   Hara, Akira ^c   Murakami, Akira ^d   Koshimizu, Kouichi ^d   Ohigashi, Hajime ^e   Stoner, Gray D ^f   Mori, Hideki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GIFU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1' Acetoxychavicol acetate; Chemoprevention; Esophageal tumorigenesis; N' Nitrosomethylbenzylamine; Rats

Indexed keywords

1' ACETOXYCHAVICOL ACETATE; CYCLINE; N BENZYL N METHYLNITROSAMINE; POLYAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DIET; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; INCIDENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAPILLOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0034052489     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2000.tb00926.x     Document Type: Article

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