Breast cancer chemopreventive properties of pomegranate (Punica granatum) fruit extracts in a mouse mammary organ culture

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 345-348

  Mehta, R ^a   Lansky, E P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b Rimonest Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Conjugated fatty acid; Conjugated linoleic acid; Conjugated triene; Flavonoid; Menopause; Polyphenol; Pomegranate seed oil; Punicic acid

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; POLYPHENOL; PUNICA GRANATUM EXTRACT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FERMENTATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAMMARY GLAND; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POMEGRANATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; CHEMOPREVENTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROBABILITY; PUNICACEAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4143152009     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.cej.0000136571.70998.5a     Document Type: Article

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