Lack of efficacy of blueberry in nutritional prevention of azoxymethane-initiated cancers of rat small intestine and colon

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Blueberries may lower relative risk for cancers of the gastrointestinal tract. Previous work indicated an inhibitory effect of consumed blueberry (BB) on formation of aberrant crypt foci (ACF) in colons of male Fisher F344 rats (inbr...

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Main Authors: Wu Xianli, Frank Julie A, Simmen Frank A, Xiao Rijin, Hennings Leah J, Prior Ronald L
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-09-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-230X/9/67