Tomato and garlic by gavage modulate 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced genotoxicity and oxidative stress in mice

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1029-1034

  Bhuvaneswari, V ^a   Velmurugan, B ^a   Abraham, S K ^b   Nagini, S ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; DMBA; Garlic; Lipid peroxidation; Lycopene; Micronuclei; Tomato

Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIPID; LYCOPENE; PLANT EXTRACT; TOMATO EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CANCER PREVENTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEEDING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENOTOXICITY; INCIDENCE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOMIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 3543058849     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2004000700012     Document Type: Article

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