Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory Effects of Yam (Dioscorea batatas Decne.) on Azoxymethane-induced Colonic Aberrant Crypt Foci in F344 Rats

Yam (Dioscorea batatas Decne.) has long been used as a health food and oriental folk medicine because of its nutritional fortification, tonic, anti-diarrheal, anti-inflammatory, antitussive, and expectorant effects. Reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are known to be implicated in a range of diseas...

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Main Authors: Son, In Suk, Lee, Jeong Soon, Lee, Ju Yeon, Kwon, Chong Suk
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4103732/