Chemopreventive potential of bitter melon (Momordica charantia) against precancerous lesions in the colon of fisher 344 male rats

International Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-46

  Asiamah, D ^a   Verghese, M ^a   Boateng, J ^a   Kanda, B ^a   Shackelford, L ^a   Walker, L T ^a  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aberrant crypt foci; Azoxymethane; Detoxification; Momordica charantia

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PHENOL; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ABERRANT CRYPT FOCUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COLON CANCER; COLON INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; RISK REDUCTION; THERAPY EFFECT; UPREGULATION;

EID: 79959304427     PISSN: 18119727     EISSN: 18119735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijcr.2011.36.46     Document Type: Article

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