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Diethylnitrosamine (DEN) was used as cancer-inducing agent in the experimental animals.Vinca rosea extract was supplemented with the drinking water as a chemopreventive agent. After 4 wk of treatment, animals were sacrificed and livers were excised. Nuclei and mitochondria were separated by differential centrifugation. The proton-induced X-ray emission technique has been used as the analytical method. Elemental analysis were performed for whole liver, nuclei, and mitochondria.V. rosea plant parts were also analyzed for elemental contents. Treatment with DEN caused an increase of Ni, Zn, and Cr levels in the whole liver and nuclei. There is an increase in Fe concentration in the liver, although the level decreased in mitochondria. The concentrations of Br and Ca were unchanged in the liver as a whole, but there were substantial increases of Br in nuclei and mitochondria, whereas Ca levels depleted drastically in these two organelles.Vinca extracts were effective in reverting the changes in the elemental concentration in the hepatic tissue as a whole, but were not that effective at subcellular levels.
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Mohanta, B., Sudarshan, M., Boruah, M. et al. Potential ofVinca rosea extracts in modulating trace element profile. Biol Trace Elem Res 117, 139–151 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02698090
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