Suppressive effect of Astragalus membranaceus Bunge on chemical hepatocarcinogenesis in rats

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-80

  Cui, Rutao ^a,c   He, Jinchun ^b   Wang, Baoen ^a   Zhang, Fukui ^a   Chen, Guangyong ^a   Yin, Shanshan ^a   Shen, Hong ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Astragalus membranaceus Bunge; Chemical induced hepatocarcinogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS EXTRACT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; N (2 FLUORENYL)ACETAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEEDING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

2-ACETYLAMINOFLUORENE; ANIMALS; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0037222738     PISSN: 03445704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00280-002-0532-5     Document Type: Article

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