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anticarcinogen

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anticarcinogen [′an·tē‚kär′sin·ə·jən]
(pharmacology)
Any substance which is antagonistic to the action of a carcinogen.


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The most studied class of these anticarcinogens is the isoflavones.
In 1996, the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, in a comprehensive report called Carcinogens and Anticarcinogens in the Human Diet, concluded that levels of both synthetic and natural carcinogens are "so low that they are unlikely to pose an appreciable cancer risk.
The report, "Carcinogens and Anticarcinogens in the Human Diet," based on an exhaustive review of scientific reports and other relevant information, said that about a third of the 1.
 
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