The trophic effect of dietary fibre is not associated with a change in total crypt number in the distal colon of rats

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 343-348

  Wong, Cynthia S M ^b   Gibson, Peter R ^a  

^a BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUAR GUM; METHYLCELLULOSE; METHYLENE BLUE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; COLON CANCER; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MITOSIS INDEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING; TUMOR GROWTH; WHEAT BRAN;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; COLON; DIETARY FIBER; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0037330880     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/24.2.343     Document Type: Article

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