Ultrastructural alterations in liver of mice exposed chronically and transgenerationally to aqueous extract of betel nut: Implications in betel nut-induced carcinogenesis

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 530-539

  Choudhury, Yashmin ^a   Sharan, Rajeshwar N ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Betel nut; Mitochondrial index; Predisposition to cancer; Transgenerational exposure

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; DISEASES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAMMALS; PATHOLOGY; POTABLE WATER;

AQUEOUS EXTRACTS; BETEL NUT; CARCINOGENESES; EXPOSED TO; LIVER NODULES; MARGINALIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL INDEX; PREDISPOSITION TO CANCER; SUBCELLULAR ORGANELLES; TRANSGENERATIONAL EXPOSURE;

MITOCHONDRIA;

MUS; PIPER BETEL;

EID: 77951820378     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20791     Document Type: Article

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