Experiment 917278
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | IN RATION |
| Organism | Brassica oleracea (BRASSICACEAE) |
| Citation | STOEWSAND,GS: ANDERSON,JL: MUNSON,L: LISK,DJ:. (1989). EFFECT OF DIETARY BRUSSELS SPROUTS WITH INCREASED SELENIUM CONTENT ON MAMMARY CARCINOGENESIS IN THE RAT.. 45(1) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | RATS WERE FED A DIET OF 20% BRUSSELS SPROUTS THAT HAD BEEN GROWN WITH INORGANIC SELENIUM ADDED TO THE PLANT GROWTH MEDIUM. DIETS CONTAINED EITHER 0.03, 0.58, 1.29 OR 6.71 PPM SELENIUM. DIETS WERE FED 2 WEEKS BEFORE AND 2 WEEKS AFTER A SINGLE DOSE OF DMBA AND THE RATS WERE PLACED ON A LOW SELENIUM BASAL DIET FOR AN ADDITIONAL 25 WEEKS. ALL BRUSSELS SPROUTS DIETS REDUCED THE INCIDENCE OF DMBA-INDUCED MAMMARY CARCINOGENESIS. INCREASED DIETARY LEVELS OF NATURALLY OCCURRING SELENIUM DID NOT FURTHER DEPRESS MAMMARY CARCINOGENESIS. |
| Dose amount | 20.0 % OF DIET |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | RAT |
| Dose expression | CONC USED |
| Extract | PLANT |
| Gender | FEMALE |