Emblica officinalis and hepatocarcinogenesis: A chemopreventive study in Wistar rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Sultana, Sarwat ^a   Ahmed, Salahuddin ^a   Jahangir, Tamanna ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chemoprevention; Emblica officinalis; Euphorbiaceae; Hepatocarcinogenesis

Indexed keywords

2 ACETYLAMINOFLOURINE; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

2-ACETYLAMINOFLUORENE; ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FRUIT; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; EMBLICA; EUPHORBIACEAE; PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 44149108886     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.04.021     Document Type: Article

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