Chemopreventive effects of aloin against 1,2-dimethylhydrazine-induced preneoplastic lesions in the colon of Wistar rats

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 148-163

  Hamiza, O O ^a   Rehman, M U ^a   Khan, R ^a   Tahir, M ^a   Khan, A Q ^a   Lateef, A ^a   Sultana, S ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

aberrant crypt foci; Aloin; inflammation; mucin depleted foci; oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; ALOIN; ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABERRANT CRYPT FOCUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MUCIN DEPLETED FOCUS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRECANCER; PRECANCER AND CANCER-IN-SITU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT;

ABERRANT CRYPT FOCI; ALOIN; INFLAMMATION; MUCIN-DEPLETED FOCI; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

1,2-DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; COLONIC DISEASES; EMODIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84890808212     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327113493307     Document Type: Article

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