BMB Reports
- Volume 33 Issue 6
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- Pages.469-475
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- 2000
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- 1976-670X(eISSN)
Excess Taurine Induced Placental Glutathione S-transferase Positive Foci Formation in Rat
- Kweon, Sang-Hui (Department of Food & Nutrition, Seoul National University) ;
- Kim, Yoon (Department of Food & Nutrition, Seoul National University) ;
- Choi, Hay-Mie (Department of Food & Nutrition, Seoul National University) ;
- Kwon, Woo-Jung (Department of Food & Nutrition, Inha University) ;
- Chang, Kyung-Ja (Department of Food & Nutrition, Inha University)
- Received : 2000.09.20
- Accepted : 2000.11.09
- Published : 2000.11.30
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the chemopreventive potential of taurine at various levels on the diethylnitrosamine (DEN)·induced hepatocarcinogenesis. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed on diets containing 0, 1, 2, 3% taurine or 5%
Keywords
- Glutathione peroxidase;
- Hepatocarcinogenesis;
- Pharmaceutical dose;
- Placental glutathione S-transferase positive foci;
- Taurine