In vitro treatment of erythrocytes of normal and hypercholesterolemic rats with N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA), an important carcinogen frequently present in human environment and food chain resulted in a marginal increase in osmotic fragility of erythrocytes without affecting their antioxygenic potential as evidenced by insignificant effect on lipid peroxidation (LPO). However, (LPO) of all the ...

In studies in this and other laboratories, induction of hepatocardinoma by several different chemical carcinogens was enhanced in rats fed diets deficient in lipotropes (choline, methionine, folic acid), amino acids, and niacin, and high in fat. In some cases, specific supplementation with lipotropes blocked carcinogenesis. In studies reported here, specific supplementation of a marginally defi...