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SUBMITTER: Bi W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5698479 | biostudies-other | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Bi Wu W Liu Haibo H Shen Jie J Zhang Ling-Hua LH Li Pei P Peng Bing B Cao Li L Zhang Pengfei P He Chunnian C Xiao Peigen P
Scientific reports 20171121 1
Ku-jin tea (KJT) is a health beverage prepared from the leaves of the plant Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala that has been consumed in some regions of China for thousands of years. KJT contains high levels of anti-inflammatory and antioxidative compounds such as ginnalins, but little is known about the chemopreventive effect of KJT on colon cancer. In this study, we investigated the preventive effects of KJT on colon carcinogenesis using the azoxymethane (AOM)-induced precancerous colorectal lesion ...[more]