Comfrey (Symphytum officinale. L.) and Experimental Hepatic Carcinogenesis: A Short-Term Carcinogenesis Model Study

Comfrey or Symphytum officinale (L.) (Boraginaceae) is a very popular plant used for therapeutic purposes. Since the 1980s, its effects have been studied in long-term carcinogenesis studies, in which Comfrey extract is administered at high doses during several months and the neoplastic hepatic lesio...

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Main Authors: Maria Fernanda Pereira Lavieri Gomes, Cristina de Oliveira Massoco, José Guilherme Xavier, Leoni Villano Bonamin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nem172