Experiment 1145478
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Theobroma cacao (STERCULIACEAE) |
| Citation | LUBIN,F: RON,E: WAX,Y: MODAN,B:. (1985). COFFEE AND METHYLXANTHINES AND BREAST CANCER: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY.. 74(3) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THIS IS A DIETARY CASE-CONTROL STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF DIETARY INTAKE OF COFFEE AND TOTAL METHYLXANTHINE FROM COFFEE, TEA, CHOCOLATE AND COCOA DRINKS. NEWLY DIAGNOSED BREAST CANCER PATIENTS (818) WERE COMPARED TO SURGICAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONTROLS. A NONSIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE ASSOCIATION WAS FOUND BETWEEN METHYLXANTHINE COMSUMPTION AND BREAST CANCER. THIS PATTERN WAS STRONGER IN PATIENTS WITH HIGH FAT DIETS AFTER CONTROLLING SEVERAL CONFOUNDING HORMONAL FACTORS. A DIMINISHED RISK IS FOUND WHEN COMSUMPTION OF METHYLXANTHINE OF BREAST CANCER PATIENTS IS COMPARED TO THAT OF PATIENTS WITH BENIGN DISEASE. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | INACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEEDS |