The therapeutic effect of ingestion of shark cartilage (Carcharhinuss dussumieri) on the growth of Dimethylbenzanthracene induced mammary tumor in Sprague Dawley rat

Background: Recently, ingestion of shark cartilage has been increased among patients with cancer on the basis of this claim that sharks rarely develop cancer because of their high proportion of cartilage and antiangiogenesis compounds. The goal of this study was to evaluate the antitumor effect of s...

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Main Authors: Nematollah Razmi, Hamid Kolalian Moghadam, Mohammad Reza Tabandeh, Abolfazl Babakhani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bushehr University of Medical Sciences 2008-02-01
Series:Iranian South Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://ismj.bpums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-3-14&slc_lang=en&sid=1