Role of the vitamin C in diethylnitrosamine-induced esophageal cancer in Wistar rats

Acta Cirurgica Brasileira

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 183-188

  Ramos, Almino Cardoso ^b   Araujo, Marina Rachel ^a   Lopes, Luiz Roberto ^a   Andreollo, Nelson Adami ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Diethylnitrosamine; Esophageal neoplasms; Rats

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TUMOR VOLUME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CARCINOGENS; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 67649778737     PISSN: 01028650     EISSN: 16782674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-86502009000300004     Document Type: Article

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