A dual and opposite effect of Calendula officinalis flower extract: Chemoprotector and promoter in a rat hepatocarcinogenesis model

Planta Medica

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 217-221

  Barajas Farias, L M ^a   Perez Carreon J I ^a   Arce Popoca, E ^a   Fattel Fazenda, S ^a   Aleman Lazarini L ^a   Hernandez Garcia S ^a   Salcido Neyoy, M ^a   Cruz Jimenez F C ^b   Camacho, J ^a   Villa Treviño, Saúl ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antigenotoxicity; Calendula officinalis; Chemopreventive effect; Genotoxicity; Hepatocarcinogenesis; Hormesis; Promoter

Indexed keywords

CALENDULA EXTRACT; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; N (2 FLUORENYL)ACETAMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; HORMESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MARIGOLD; MULTIPLE DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CALENDULA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLOWERS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

ANIMALIA; CALENDULA; CALENDULA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 33645000934     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-916196     Document Type: Article

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