Cancer Letters
Volume 224, Issue 2 , Pages 193-202 , 28 June 2005

Inhibition of tumour promotion in mouse skin by extracts of rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) and honeybush (Cyclopia intermedia), unique South African herbal teas

  • Jeanine Marnewick

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    • PROMEC Unit, Medical Research Council, P.O. Box 19070, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +27 21 938 0289; fax: +27 21 938 0260.
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  • Elizabeth Joubert

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    • ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij, Private Bag X5026, Stellenbosch 7599, South Africa
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  • Shamiel Joseph

      Affiliations

    • PROMEC Unit, Medical Research Council, P.O. Box 19070, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa
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  • Sonja Swanevelder

      Affiliations

    • Biostatistic Unit, Medical Research Council, P.O. Box 19070, Tygerberg, 7505, South Africa
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  • Pieter Swart

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa
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  • Wentzel Gelderblom

      Affiliations

    • PROMEC Unit, Medical Research Council, P.O. Box 19070, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa

Received 27 September 2004 ,Revised 30 October 2004 ,Accepted 4 November 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2004.11.014

Cancer Letters
Volume 224, Issue 2 , Pages 193-202 , 28 June 2005

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