Efficacy of geraniol but not of β-ionone or their combination for the chemoprevention of rat colon carcinogenesis

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 538-545

  Vieira, A ^a   Heidor, R ^a   Cardozo, M T ^a   Scolastici, C ^a   Purgatto, E ^b   Shiga, T M ^b   Barbisan, L F ^c   Ong, T P ^a   Moreno, F S ^a  

^a Laboratório de Dieta   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acyclic monoterpene; Carcinogenesis; Chemoprevention; Colon; Geraniol; Isoprenoid; ionone

Indexed keywords

BETA IONONE; CORN OIL; DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; GERANIOL; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ABERRANT CRYPT FOCUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; DRUG EFFICACY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79958774074     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2011007500037     Document Type: Article

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