Evaluation of chemopreventive potential of garlic extract on N-nitrosodiethylamine-induced hepatocarcinoma in rats

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 548-551

  Sundaresan, S ^a   Subramanian, P ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Allium sativum; Chemoprevention; Garlic extract; Hepatocarcinogenesis; Tumour marker enzymes

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GARLIC EXTRACT; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038046980     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.40.7.548.14679     Document Type: Article

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