Concurrent administration of ascorbic acid enhances liver tumor-promoting activity of kojic acid in rats

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-140

  Takabatake, Masayoshi ^a   Shibutani, Makoto ^a   Dewa, Yasuaki ^a   Nishimura, Jihei ^a   Yasuno, Hironobu ^a   Jin, Meilan ^a   Muguruma, Masako ^a   Kono, Taichi ^a   Mitsumori, Kunitoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ascorbic acid; Cell proliferation; Hepatocarcinogenesis; Kojic acid; Reactive oxygen species (ROS)

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; DRINKING WATER; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; KOJIC ACID; MALONALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER MODEL; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CARCINOMA; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TISSUE SECTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 45749118682     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.33.127     Document Type: Article

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