Red palm oil suppresses the formation of azoxymethane (AOM) induced aberrant crypt foci (ACF) in Fisher 344 male rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1667-1673

  Boateng, J ^a   Verghese, M ^a   Chawan, C B ^a   Shackelford, L ^a   Walker, L T ^a   Khatiwada, J ^a   Williams, D S ^a  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aberrant crypt foci; Azoxymethane; Carotenoids; Red palm oil; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; AZOXYMETHANE; BETA CAROTENE; CAMPESTEROL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CAROTENOID; GAMMA CAROTENE; GAMMA TOCOTRIENOL; LYCOPENE; PALM OIL; SITOSTEROL; SOYBEAN OIL; STEROL; STIGMASTEROL; XANTHOPHYLL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; ASPHYXIA; BODY WEIGHT; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPT CELL; DESCENDING COLON; MALE; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; AZOXYMETHANE; CAROTENOIDS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EATING; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIVER; MALE; PLANT OILS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SOYBEAN OIL; VITAMIN E; WEIGHT GAIN;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 33747058973     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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