Diosgenin, a steroidal saponin, exhibits anticancer activity by attenuating lipid peroxidation via enhancing antioxidant defense system during NMU induced breast carcinoma

Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-129

  Jagadeesan, Jayaraman ^a   Nandakumar, Natarajan ^a   Rengarajan, Thamaraiselvan ^a   Balasubramanian, Maruthaiveeran Periyasamy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Breast cancer; Diosgenin; LPO; Marker enzymes; NMU

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; DIOSGENIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIOSGENIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, ANIMAL; METHYLNITROSOUREA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SAPONINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGONELLA;

RATTUS; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 84871278864     PISSN: 07318898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JEnvironPatholToxicolOncol.v31.i2.40     Document Type: Article

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