Protection against ultraviolet B- and C-induced DNA damage and skin carcinogenesis by the flowers of Prunus persica extract

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 496, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 47-59

  Heo, Moon Young ^a   Kim, Soo Hee ^a   Yang, Hye Eun ^a   Lee, Sang Hun ^a   Jo, Byoung Kee ^b   Kim, Hyun Pyo ^a  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b R and D Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

COMET assay; Flowers of Prunus persica (Rosaceae); Single cell gel electrophoresis; Skin carcinogenesis; Tumor incidence; Tumor multiplicity; UV induced DNA damage

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPINIA OFFICINALE EXTRACT; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLATA EXTRACT; EVODIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; KU 35; PERILLA SIKOKIANA EXTRACT; PHYLLOSTCHYS NIGRA EXTRACT; PRUNUS EXTRACT; PRUNUS PERSICA EXTRACT; RHEUM PLATUM EXTRACT; RUS VERNICIFLUA EXTRACT; UNCARIA SINENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER INCIDENCE; COMET ASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MELANOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN FIBROBLAST; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; COMET ASSAY; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PLANT EXTRACTS; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; ROSALES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

PRUNUS PERSICA; ROSACEAE;

EID: 0035922185     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(01)00218-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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