Effect of Rosmarinus officinalis in modulating 7,12-dimethylbenz(a) anthracene induced skin tumorigenesis in mice

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 981-986

  Sancheti, Garima ^a   Goyal, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Chemoprevention; Glutathione; Lipid peroxidation; Rosmarinus officinalis; Swiss albino mice; Tumor incidence

Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CROTON OIL; GLUTATHIONE; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ROSEMARY; SKIN PAPILLOMA; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANIMALS; CROTON OIL; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; ROSMARINUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR BURDEN;

ANIMALIA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 33751096153     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1989     Document Type: Article

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