Cancer chemopreventive effects of a Brazilian folk medicine, Juca, on in vivo two-stage skin carcinogenesis

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 135-137

  Nakamura, Eliane S ^a   Kurosaki, Fumiya ^a   Arisawa, Munehisa ^a   Mukainaka, Teruo ^b   Takayasu, Junko ^b   Okuda, Masato ^b   Tokuda, Harukuni ^b   Nishino, Hoyoku ^b   Pastore Jr , Floriano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caesalpinia ferrea; Folk medicine; Gallic acid; Methyl gallate; Skin tumor promotion

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; GALLIC ACID; GALLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; 7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAESALPINIA FERREA; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER STAGING; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FRUIT; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN PAPILLOMA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ANIMAL; CAESALPINIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; ETHNOLOGY; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PAPILLOMA; PHYTOTHERAPY; SKIN TUMOR;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANIMAL; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BRAZIL; CAESALPINIA; FEMALE; FRUIT; GALLIC ACID; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PAPILLOMA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; ANIMALS;

EID: 0036000262     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(02)00047-8     Document Type: Article

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