Effect of crocetin on Benzo (a) pyrene induced lung carcinogenesis in Swiss albino mice

International Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 143-150

  Magesh, Venkatraman ^a   Venugopal, Ramachandran ^a   Bhavani, Konga Durga ^a   Sakthisekaran, Dhanapal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Benzo(a)pyrene; Crocetin; Glutathione metabolizing enzymes; Lung cancer; Xenobiotic enzymes

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; CROCETIN; CYTOCHROME B5; CYTOCHROME P450; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE FERRIHEMOPROTEIN REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SWISS WEBSTER MOUSE;

EID: 34447646563     PISSN: 18119727     EISSN: 18119735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijcr.2007.143.150     Document Type: Article

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