A combination of green tea extract, specific nutrient mixture and quercetin: An effective intervention treatment for the regression of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU)-induced mammary tumors in Wistar rats

Oncology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 313-317

  Kale, Anup ^a   Gawande, Sonia ^a   Kotwal, Swati ^a   Netke, Shrirang ^b   Waheed Roomi, M ^b   Ivanov, Vadim ^b   Niedzwiecki, Aleksandra ^b   Rath, Matthias ^b  

^a RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Dr Rath Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Green tea extract; Mammary carcinogenesis; N methyl N nitrosourea; Regression

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BIOFLAVONOID; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; LYSINE; METHYLNITROSOUREA; PROLINE; QUERCETIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDUCED CANCER; FEMALE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SOLUTION; PALPATION; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; RAT; SEXUAL MATURITY; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 77955736841     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol_00000056     Document Type: Article

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