Inhibition of carcinogen induced c-Ha-ras and c-fos proto-oncogenes expression by dietary curcumin

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We investigated the chemopreventive action of dietary curcumin on 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA)-initiated and 12,0-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-promoted skin tumor formation in Swiss albino mice. Curcumin, a yellow c...

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Main Authors: Lipigorngoson Suwiwek, Anuchapreeda Songyot, Limtrakul Porn-ngarm, Dunn Floyd W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2001-01-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/1/1