Hexane fraction of American ginseng suppresses colitis and colon cancer - Letter

Cancer Prevention Research

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 982-

  Chan, Po C ^a   Huff, James ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DEXTRAN SULFATE; GINSENG EXTRACT; GINSENOSIDE; HEXANE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; COLITIS; COLON CANCER; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TOXICOLOGY; GINSENG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURVIVAL; VAGINA CYTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HEXANES; HUMANS; PANAX; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84866447321     PISSN: 19406207     EISSN: 19406215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-12-0079     Document Type: Letter

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