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ArticleMolecular and cellular biochemistry2006

Protective potentials of a potentized homeopathic drug, Lycopodium-30, in ameliorating azo dye induced hepatocarcinogenesis in mice.

Surajit Pathak, Jayanta Kumar Das, Surjyo Jyoti Biswas, Anisur Rahman Khuda-Bukhsh

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Article in Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Surajit PathakDepartment of Zoology, Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, 741235, West Bengal, India.
Jayanta Kumar Das
Surjyo Jyoti Biswas
Anisur Rahman Khuda-Bukhsh
University of Kalyani · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The protective potentials of a potentized homeopathic drug, Lycopodium-30, prepared from extract of spores of a plant, Lyocopodium clavatum (Fam: Lycopodiaceae) and used as a remedy for various liver ailments, have been tested in mice chronically fed p-dimethyl amino azo benzene (p-DAB) - an initiator, and phenobarbital (PB) - a promoter of hepatic cancer, by using some cytogenetic endpoints like chromosome aberrations (CA), micronuclei (MN), mitotic index (MI) and sperm head abnormality (SHA), and toxicity biomarkers like acid and alkaline phosphatases (AcP and AlkP, respectively), alanine and aspartate amino transferases (ALT and AST, respectively) and lipid peroxidation (LPO) and reduced glutathione (GSH) activities. The effects of chronic treatment of the carcinogens were assessed at different intervals of fixation, namely, at day 7, 15, 30, 60, 90 and day 120, and compared with that of mice fed conjointly with the carcinogens and the homeopathic remedy. Both the assay systems indicated considerable protective potentials of the homeopathic remedy against p-DAB induced hepatocarcinogenesis in mice.

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LycopodiumAnimalsBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, HepatocellularLipid PeroxidationLiverMaleMateria MedicaMiceMicronuclei, Chromosome-Defectivep-DimethylaminoazobenzenePhenobarbitalPlant ExtractsProtective AgentsSpermatozoaSperm HeadBiomarkers, TumorMateria Medicap-DimethylaminoazobenzenePhenobarbitalPlant ExtractsProtective Agents

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