Chemopreventive potential of Aloe vera against 7,12-dimethylbenz(a) anthracene- induced skin papillomagenesis in mice

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 405-412

  Chaudhary, Geeta ^a   Saini, Mali Ram ^a   Goyal, Pradeep Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Chemical carcinogens; Chemoprevention; Croton oil; DMBA

Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; CATALASE; CROTON OIL; GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PAPILLOMA;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ALOE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATALASE; CHEMOPREVENTION; CROTON OIL; DNA; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDES; MALE; MICE; PAPILLOMA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PROTEINS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36248985634     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735407309079     Document Type: Article

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