Cancer Letters
Volume 205, Issue 2 , Pages 133-141 , 18 March 2004

The modifying effect of Peucedanum japonicum, a herb in the Ryukyu Islands, on azoxymethane-induced colon preneoplastic lesions in male F344 rats

  • Takamitsu Morioka

      Affiliations

    • Tumor Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara Nishihara-cho, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
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  • Masumi Suzui

      Affiliations

    • Tumor Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara Nishihara-cho, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
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  • Viengvansay Nabandith

      Affiliations

    • Tumor Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara Nishihara-cho, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
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  • Morihiko Inamine

      Affiliations

    • Tumor Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara Nishihara-cho, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
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  • Yoko Aniya

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara Nishihara-cho, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
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  • Takashi Nakayama

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara Nishihara-cho, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
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  • Toshio Ichiba

      Affiliations

    • Research and Development Division, Okinawa Industrial Technology Center (OITC), 12-2 Suzaki, Gushikawa, Okinawa 904-2234, Japan
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  • Hideki Mori

      Affiliations

    • Tumor Pathology, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa-machi, Gifu 500-8705, Japan
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  • Naoki Yoshimi

      Affiliations

    • Tumor Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara Nishihara-cho, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-98-895-1118; fax: +81-98-895-1406

Received 17 July 2003 ,Revised 19 September 2003 ,Accepted 2 October 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2003.10.002

Cancer Letters
Volume 205, Issue 2 , Pages 133-141 , 18 March 2004

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