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Study Title:

Regression of rat primary mammary tumors following dietary d-limonene

Study Abstract

The effects of d-limonene on rat mammary tumors were investigated. Following the appearance of mammary tumors induced by 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene in female (W/Fu X F344)F2 rats, animals were assigned to pairs in which 1 rat was fed a diet containing 10% d-limonene and the other was pair fed an isocaloric diet containing 10% cellulose. There was a highly significant increase in the regression of the first tumors in the rats fed d-limonene. In addition, d-limonene given at this time inhibited the formation of subsequent multiple tumors in these rats.

Study Information

Elegbede JA, Elson CE, Tanner MA, Qureshi A, Gould MN.
Regression of rat primary mammary tumors following dietary d-limonene.
J Natl Cancer Inst.
1986 February