The effect of flaxseed supplementation on early risk markers for mammary carcinogenesis.

doi:10.1016/0304-3835(91)90220-c

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The effect of flaxseed supplementation on early risk markers for mammary carcinogenesis.

Cancer letters - 1 Nov 1991

Serraino M, Thompson L U

Abstract excerpt

Since lignans have been suggested to have some cancer-protective effects, flaxseed, the most abundant source of lignan precursors, was tested for its effect on early markers of risk for mammary carcinogenesis. Supplementation of a high-fat diet with flaxseed flour (FF) or defatted flaxseed meal (...

Topics

Animals
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Biomarkers, Tumor
Cell Division
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Epithelium
Female
Lignans
Lignin
Mammary Neoplasms, Animal
Mutation
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Regression Analysis
Weight Gain

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