Chemopreventive efficacy of Wedelia calendulaceae against 20-methylcholanthrene-induced carcinogenesis in mice

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-17

  Haldar, Pallab Kanti ^a   Bhattacharya, Sanjib ^b   Dewanjee, Saikat ^a   Mazumder, Upal Kanti ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Bengal School of Technology   (India)

Author keywords

20 Methylcholanthrene; Antioxidant; Carcinogenesis; Chemoprevention; Wedelia calendulaceae

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CATALASE; FLUOROURACIL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WEDELIA CALENDULACEAE EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FIBROSARCOMA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXICITY TESTING; WEDELIA; WEDELIA CALENDULACEAE;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CARCINOGENS; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; MICE; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SURVIVAL; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; WEDELIA;

MUS; WEDELIA;

EID: 78650183203     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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