INHIBITION BY QUERCETIN OF THE PROMOTING EFFECT OF TELEOCIDIN ON SKIN PAPILLOMA FORMATION IN MICE INITIATED WITH 7, 12-DIMETHYLBENZ[a]ANTHRACENE
1984 Volume 75 Issue 2 Pages 113-116
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1984 Volume 75 Issue 2 Pages 113-116
Quercetin markedly suppressed the promoting effect of teleocidin on skin tumor formation in mice initiated with 7, 12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene. This activity of quercetin may have some bearing on the fact that quercetin is not carcinogenic despite showing mutagenicity.
