Chemopreventive Effects of Cuminum cyminum in Chemically Induced Forestomach and Uterine Cervix Tumors in Murine Model Systems

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-180

  Gagandeep, ^a   Dhanalakshmi, Sivanandhan ^b   Méndiz, Ester ^a   Rao, Agra Ramesha ^a   Kale, Raosaheb Kathalupant ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CATALASE; CYTOCHROME B5; CYTOCHROME P450; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMIN; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORESTOMACH; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; CUMINUM; CUMINUM CYMINUM; MURINAE;

EID: 2342467401     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327914nc4702_10     Document Type: Article

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