MAK-4 and -5 supplemented diet inhibits liver carcinogenesis in mice

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Penza, Marialetizia ^a   Montani, Claudia ^a   Jeremic, Marija ^a   Mazzoleni, Giovanna ^b   Hsiao, W L Wendy ^c   Marra, Maurizio ^d   Sharma, Hari ^e   Di Lorenzo, Diego ^a  

^a Civic Hospital of Brescia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d INRCA   (Italy)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACACIA ARABICA EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARAGUS ASCENDENS EXTRACT; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS EXTRACT; BACOPA MONNIERI EXTRACT; CINNAMON EXTRACT; CONNEXIN 32; CONVOLVULUS PLURICAULIS EXTRACT; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; CYPERUS ROTUNDUS EXTRACT; CYPERUS SCARIOSUS EXTRACT; EMBELIA RIBES EXTRACT; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GYMNEMA AURENTIACUM EXTRACT; IPOMEA DIGITATA EXTRACT; MAHARISHI AMRIT KALASH 4; MAHARISHI AMRIT KALASH 5; MESUA FERREA EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SANTALUM ALBUM EXTRACT; TERMINALIA CHEBULA EXTRACT; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; URETHAN; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT; AMRIT KALASH; ANTIOXIDANT; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE);

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS ASCENDENS; BIOASSAY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVOLVULUS PLURICAULIS; CYPERUS SCARIOSUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; EMBELIA RIBES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GYMNEMA AURENTIACUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; IPOMEA DIGITATA; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER HOMOGENATE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MESUA FERREA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIPER LONGUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SANTALUM ALBUM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; AYURVEDA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER MICROSOME; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIVER; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MICE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT PREPARATIONS; QUINONE REDUCTASES; RATS; URETHANE;

EID: 34347376529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-7-19     Document Type: Article

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