Chemopreventive effects of Korean red ginseng extract on rat hepatocarcinogenesis

Journal of Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-8

  Kim, Hyemee ^a   Hong, Mi Kyung ^b   Choi, Haymie ^c   Moon, Hyun Seuk ^d   Lee, Hae Jeung ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

^e Eulji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Glutathione S transferase placental form positive foci; Hepatocarcinogenesis; Korean red ginseng; Rat

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 2C; CYTOCHROME P450 2C6; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; CYTOCHROME P450 3A; CYTOCHROME P450 3A9; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

EID: 84920880475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18379664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/jca.10353     Document Type: Article

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