Chemopreventive potential of β-Sitosterol in experimental colon cancer model - an In vitro and In vivo study

A Baskar, Albert; Ignacimuthu, S.; M Paulraj, Gabriel; S Al Numair, Khalid

doi:10.1186/1472-6882-10-24

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Chemopreventive potential of β-Sitosterol in experimental colon cancer model - an In vitro and In vivo study

Published in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine • Jun 4, 2010

Authors:

Albert A Baskar

S. Ignacimuthu

Gabriel M Paulraj

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Asclepias curassavica Linn. is a traditional medicinal plant used by tribal people in the western ghats, India, to treat piles, gonorrhoea, roundworm infestation and abdominal tumours. We have determined the protective effect of beta-sitosterol isolated from A. curassavica in colon cance...

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In vivo

Aberrant crypt foci

Proliferating cell nuclear antigen

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