Anticancer and antimutagenic properties of acacia nilotica (Linn.) On 7,12-dimethylbenz(A)anthracene-induced skin papillomagenesis in swiss albino mice

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 627-632

  Meena, Punar Dutt ^a   Kaushik, Pallavi ^a   Shukla, Shalini ^a   Soni, Anil Kumar ^a   Kumar, Manish ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Acacia nilotica; Chemoprevention; Chromosomal aberrations; Croton oil; DMBA; GSH; LPO; Micronuclei; Papilloma

Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACACIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PAPILLOMA; PHYTOTHERAPY; SKIN TUMOR;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ACACIA; ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; MALE; MICE; PAPILLOMA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33947529451     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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