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SUBMITTER: Fini L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3793841 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fini Lucia L Piazzi Giulia G Daoud Yahya Y Selgrad Michael M Maegawa Shinji S Garcia Melissa M Fogliano Vincenzo V Romano Marco M Graziani Giulia G Vitaglione Paola P Carmack Susanne W SW Gasbarrini Antonio A Gasbarrini Antonio A Genta Robert M RM Issa Jean-Pierre JP Boland C Richard CR Ricciardiello Luigi L
Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) 20110307 6
The Western diet (WD) is associated with a higher incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) than the Mediterranean diet. Polyphenols extracted from Annurca apple showed chemopreventive properties in CRC cells. A multifactorial, four-arm study by using wild-type (wt) and Apc(Min/+) mice was carried out to evaluate the effect on polyp number and growth of APE treatment (60 μmol/L) ad libitum in drinking water combined with a WD or a balanced diet (BD) for 12 weeks. Compared with APE treatment, we found ...[more]