Oncogenic effect of some environmental pollutants and some possible protective agents

ABSTRACT

Objective: to study the effects of some environmental pollutants [lead, nitrate, noise stress and tobacco smoke] as well as a chemical substance [estrogenic oral contraceptive pills] on the incidence of malignant transformation among offspring rats through transplacental transfer from mother to fetus. The protective effect of Nigella sativa and vitamin A against the possible cellular transformation in the offspring rats was also studied