Saffron suppresses oxidative stress in DMBA-induced skin carcinoma: A histopathological study

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 317-327

  Das, Ila ^a   Das, Sukta ^a   Saha, Tapas ^b  

^a CHITTARANJAN NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (India)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Chemoprevention; DMBA; Histology; Saffron; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CATALASE; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; CROTON OIL; DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SAFFRON; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHOSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERKERATOSIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAKERATOSIS; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN PAPILLOMA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANIMALS; CROCUS; FEMALE; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAPILLOMA; PLANT EXTRACTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77953536106     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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