Chemoprevention of 1,2-dimethylhydrazine-induced colon carcinogenesis by seeds of Trigonella foenum graecum L.

Biologia - Section Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 357-364

  Devasena, Thiyagarajan ^a   Gunasekaran, Ganapathy ^a   Viswanathan, Periyaswamy ^a   Menon, Venugopal P ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bile acids; Colon cancer; Dimethylhydrazine; Fenugreek; Lipids

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TRIGONELLA; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 0348219116     PISSN: 13356399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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