Chemopreventive task of capsaicin against Benzo(a)pyrene-induced lung cancer in Swiss albino mice

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 360-365

  Anandakumar, Pandi ^a   Kamaraj, Sattu ^a   Ramakrishnan, Gopalakrishnan ^a   Jagan, Sundaram ^a   Devaki, Thiruvengadam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CAPSAICIN; CYCLINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BENZO(A)PYRENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; CAPSAICIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 64549114178     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2009.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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