Anticarcinogenic activity of Meso-Zeaxanthin in rodents and its possible mechanism of action

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 850-856

  Firdous, Alikkunjhi Pararikkal ^a   Sindhu, Edakkadath Raghavan ^a   Ramnath, Viswanathan ^b   Kuttan, Ramadasan ^a  

^a AMALA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 1A2; CYTOCHROME P450 2B1; CYTOCHROME P450 2B2; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MESOZEAXANTHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEAXANTHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SARCOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84882331967     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: 15327914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2013.801501     Document Type: Article

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