title: Inhibition of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced mammary tumors and DNA adducts by garlic powder.
abstract: The present studies determined the influence of dietary supplements of garlic powder (0, 1, 2 or 4%) on 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)-induced mammary tumors and on the in vivo occurrence of mammary DMBA-DNA adducts in rats. Diets were offered 2 weeks before and 2 weeks following DMBA treatment (25 mg/kg body wt). An additional group was fed the 2% garlic powder diet throughout the 20 week study. Although food intake and weight gain were not influenced, dietary garlic powder supplementation did significantly delay the onset of first tumors (P < 0.01) and did reduce the final mammary tumor incidence (P < 0.01). Consumption of garlic powder also significantly depressed the in vivo binding of DMBA to mammary cell DNA. Binding of both anti- and syn-dihydrodiol epoxides to DNA was depressed in rats fed supplemental garlic powder. The activity of glutathione S-transferase (GST) in mammary and liver tissue from rats fed 2% dietary garlic powder was higher than observed in tissues from rats fed the basal diet. No further increase in GST activity occurred when the dietary garlic content was increased from 2 to 4%. Final mammary tumor incidence was found to correlate positively with total DMBA-DNA binding and the quantities of individual DMBA-DNA adducts. The present studies demonstrate that garlic powder is effective in inhibiting DMBA-induced mammary tumors, possibly by reducing DMBA-DNA binding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Milner
mesh_terms: D015127:9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D016588:Anticarcinogenic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D018736:DNA Adducts; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D005737:Garlic; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: C059444:7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene-DNA adduct; D016588:Anticarcinogenic Agents; D018736:DNA Adducts; D015127:9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene; D004247:DNA