Biological effects of non-saponifiable sunflower seed oil. Preliminary research
Gallone, U.; Cotugno, M.; Sansone, G.; Biondi, A.; Biondi, G.
Bollettino della Societa Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale 56(9): 860-866
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-8771 PMID: 7448084 Document Number: 163997
By inserting near the under-axillary gland of the rats Wistar (one month age) compressed material containing g. 0.250 of non-saponificable sunflower seeds oil, it has been noted an increase of the number of the mitosis in the under-axillary gland, in the lung and some mitosis in the liver. Such results are similar to those obtainable by administering, with similar method 0.050 g. of 3,4benzopyrene or 0.100 g. of the hydrocarbon oxidization products. The histological analysis have been effected on the organs of rats sacrificed one month after inoculation.