Açai (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) feeding attenuates dimethylhydrazine-induced rat colon carcinogenesis

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 68-76

  Fragoso, Mariana F ^a   Romualdo, Guilherme R ^a   Ribeiro, Daniel A ^b   Barbisan, Luis F ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aberrant crypt foci; A a pulp; Colon carcinogenesis; Spray dry

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BETA CATENIN; CASPASE 3; CONNEXIN 43; DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; EUTERPE OLERACEA EXTRACT; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON CANCER; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTERPE OLERACEA; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; INTESTINE CRYPT; MALE; NONHUMAN; POWDER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPRAY DRYING; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR GROWTH; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABERRANT CRYPT FOCI; AÇAÍ PULP; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; SPRAY-DRY;

1,2-DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ARECACEAE; BETA CATENIN; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONNEXIN 43; RATS;

EID: 84877654261     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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