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Identification of Dietary Inhibitors of Carcinogenesis (1983)

Title:

Identification of Dietary Inhibitors of Carcinogenesis

Key words:

cocoa beans

Research Institution:

University of Minnesota

Location:

Minnesota

Researcher:

Lee W Wattenberg

Project Description:

Dr. Wattenberg sought to identify the anti-cancer compounds in cocoa beans which could prevent the development of breast, lung, and stomach cancer in rodents, and the anti-cancer compound in standard laboratory rat chow which could prevent gastrointestinal cancer in mice.

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