Experiment 67631
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Pteridium aquilinum (DENNSTAEDTIACEAE) |
| Citation | ALONSO AMELOT,ME: AVENDANO,M:. (2001). POSSIBLE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN GASTRIC CANCER AND BRACKEN FERN IN VENEZUELA: AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY.. 91(2) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | TO EXPLORE A POSSIBLE CONNECTION BETWEEN SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN THE HIGH RATES OF STOMACH CANCER IN PEOPLE LIVING IN THE HIGHLANDS OF WESTERN VENEZUELA, AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY WAS CONDUCTED IN 2 REGIONS OF CONTRASTING TOPOGRAPHY. STATISTICAL SANITARY RECORDS FROM 1986 TO 1996 COMPRISING 5.5 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE STUDY AREA INDICATED THAT AGE-SEX-ADJUSTED GASTRIC CANCER DEATH RATE PER 100,000 PEOPLE (DR) WAS UP TO 3.64 TIMES HIGHER IN HIGHLAND THAN LOWLAND AREAS. COMPARISON OF SOME NUTRITION ISSUES, INCIDENCE OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION IN SELECTED AREAS, THE DISCOVERY OF THE BRACKEN CARCINOGEN PTAQUILOSIDE IN MILD FROM BRACKEN-FED COWS, THE PREVALENCE OF THIS PLANT IN MOUNTAIN CATTLE HOUSEHOLDS AND PASTURELANDS AND THE RATES OF BRACKEN-EVOKED BOVINE ENZOOTIC HEMATURIA LED US TO CONCLUDE THAT CONSUMPTION OF PTAQUILOSIDE-CONTAMINATED MILK MAY CONTRIBUTE TO HUMAN GASTRIC CANCER IN THE ANDEAN STATES OF VENEZUELA. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | TYPE EXT NOT STATED |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |