Effects of cocoa polyphenol rich diet in prevention of colitis-associated colon cancer

• Main Author: Saadatdoust, Zeinab
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Cacao - chemistry; Colonic Neoplasms; Polyphenols - chemical synthesis
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/71153/1/FPSK%28M%29%202015%2078%20IR.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/71153/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second highest mortality and the third most diagnosed in both men and women. Colitis-associated cancer is a subtype of CRC that is associated with inflammatory bowel disease. Cocoa has a rich source of polyphenols and inhibits the cancer cell proliferation and de...