Experiment 636858
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | EXTERNAL |
| Organism | Pteridium aquilinum (DENNSTAEDTIACEAE) |
| Citation | BROWN,LM: ZAZHM,SH: HOOVBER,RN: FRAUMENT,J:. (1999). BRACKEN FERN CONSUMPTION AND HUMAN BLADDER CANCER.. 53(10) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | IN FOUR STUDIES THAT EXPLORED THE RELATION BETWEEN BRACKEN AND HUMAN HEALTH: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY OF GASTRIC CANCER IN NORTH WALES; A COHORT STUDY OF OESOPHAGEAL CANCER IN JAPAN, AN ECOLOGICAL STUDY IN NORTH WALES THAT COMPARED STANDARDISED MORTALITY AND INCIDENCE RATES OF GASTRIC AND OESOPHAGEAL CANCER IN 34 DISTRICTS WITH SURVEY MAPS OF BRACKEN AREAS; AND AN ECOLOGICAL STUDY IN COSTA RICA THAT COMPARED AGE SPECIFIC INCIDENCE RATES FOR GASTRIC, OESOPHAGEAL, AND CERVICAL CANCER AMONG PEOPLE BORN IN BRACKEN FREE COMPARED WITH BRACKEN INFESTED AREAS. ALTHOUGH SOME WEAK ASSOCIATIONS WERE NOTED IN THESE STUDIES, STATISTICAL ANALYSES WERE LIMITED AND THAT LITTLE EVIDENCE EXISTS FOR CARCINOGENIC HAZARD FROM BRACKEN. |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | EQUIVOCAL |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | TYPE EXT NOT STATED |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |