Phytochemicals are recognized as playing an important role in cancer prevention by fruits
and vegetables. The avocado is a widely grown and consumed fruit that is high in nutrients …

Avocados have a high content of phytochemicals with potential chemopreventive activity.
Previously we reported that phytochemicals extracted from avocado meat into a chloroform …

… and SM D’Ambrosio are affiliated with the Department of Radiology, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH 43210. B. Casto, GD Stoner, and SM D’ Ambrosio … SM D’ Ambrosio is also …

Avocado (Persea americana) fruits are consumed as part of the human diet and extracts
have shown growth inhibitory effects in various types of human cancer cells, although the …

Explored the relationship between stress and tumor development in 44 female Sprague-Dawley
rats given the carcinogen dimethylnitrosamine. Half were randomly assigned to a …

Celecoxib is a potent nonsteroid antiinflammatory drug (NSAID) that has shown great promise
in cancer chemoprevention and treatment. The tumor suppression activity of celecoxib …

The functional capacity of a cell, tissue, organ, or organism is dependent upon its ability to
maintain the stability of its unit components. The higher the differentiated state of the system, …

… These include the fluorescent detection of DNA following sedimentation in sucrose gradients
(D‘Ambrosio et al., 1981a and 1981b), and agarose gel electrophoresis (Achey et al., 1979; …

Early passage normal human fetal kidney epithelial cells were inoculated on top of a
confluent monolayer of X-ray lethally irradiated human fibroblasts to determine the colony-forming …

… D'Ambrosio, unpublished observation). These results suggest that de novo protein synthesis
is … D'Ambrosio, unpublished observation), we hypothesize that the enhanced repair pathway …