Colon cancer chemoprevention by sage tea drinking: decreased DNA damage and cell proliferation

Salvia officinalis and some of its isolated compounds have been found to be preventive of DNA damage and increased proliferation in vitro in colon cells. In the present study, we used the azoxymethane model to test effects of S. officinalis on colon cancer prevention in vivo. The results showed that...

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Main Author: Pedro, Dalila F. N. (author)
Other Authors: Ramos, Alice Fernanda Abreu (author), Lima, Cristóvão Fernando Macedo (author), Baltazar, Fátima (author), Wilson, Cristina Pereira (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Salvia officinalis tea
Colon cancer
DNA damage
Comet assay
Science & Technology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/44867
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/44867

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http://hdl.handle.net/1822/44867

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