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Modulation of Carcinogenesis by Dietary Fats and Antioxidants (1983)

Title:

Modulation of Carcinogenesis by Dietary Fats and Antioxidants

Key words:

BHT, carcinogens

Research Institution:

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Location:

Oklahoma

Researcher:

Raoul Carubelli

Project Description:

Dr. Carubelli studied how the presence of different and varying levels of fat in the diet, together with the antioxidant food additive BHT, can alter the functioning of certain enzymes which surround the nucleus of liver cells and which may be important for the inactivation of carcinogens.