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Differences in intake of specific food plants by Polynesians may explain their lower incidence of colorectal cancer compared with Europeans in New Zealand

Lynnette R. Ferguson Cancer Research Laboratory, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
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Roy Lay Yee Community Health Department, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Robert Scragg Community Health Department, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Patricia A. Metcalf Community Health Department, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Philip J. Harris School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Pages 33-42 | Received 03 May 1994, Accepted 15 Sep 1994, Published online: 04 Aug 2009

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LynnetteR. Ferguson, Shuotun Zhu, Dug Yeo Han & PhilipJ. Harris. (2012) Inhibition or Enhancement by 4 Pacific Island Food Plants Against Cancers Induced by 2 Amino–3-Methylimidazo[4,5-f]Quinoline in Male Fischer 344 Rats. Nutrition and Cancer 64:2, pages 218-227.
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KevinS. Gould, Kate Thodey, Martin Philpott & LynnetteR. Ferguson. (2006) Antioxidant activities of extracts from traditional Maori food plants. New Zealand Journal of Botany 44:1, pages 1-4.
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S. M. M. R. Mawalagedera, Zong-Quan Ou, Arlene McDowell & Kevin S. Gould. (2016) Effects of boiling and in vitro gastrointestinal digestion on the antioxidant activity of Sonchus oleraceus leaves. Food & Function 7:3, pages 1515-1522.
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S. M. M. R. Mawalagedera & Kevin S. Gould. (2014) Chilling and salinity increase extractable antioxidants in cell suspension cultures of the sow thistle, Sonchus oleraceus L.. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC) 121:1, pages 35-44.
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Jean T. Pierson, Ralf G. Dietzgen, Paul N. Shaw, Sarah J. Roberts‐Thomson, Gregory R. Monteith & Michael J. Gidley. (2011) Major Australian tropical fruits biodiversity: Bioactive compounds and their bioactivities. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research 56:3, pages 357-387.
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Shinsuke Marumoto, Yoshimitsu Oda & Mitsuo Miyazawa. (2011) Antigenotoxic activity of naturally occurring furanocoumarins. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 52:8, pages 646-657.
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Christopher M. Triggs, Karen Munday, Rong Hu, Alan G. Fraser, Richard B. Gearry, Murray L. Barclay & Lynnette R. Ferguson. (2010) Dietary factors in chronic inflammation: Food tolerances and intolerances of a New Zealand Caucasian Crohn's disease population. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis 690:1-2, pages 123-138.
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Lynnette R. Ferguson, Nishi Karunasinghe & Martin Philpott. (2004) Epigenetic events and protection from colon cancer in New Zealand. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 44:1, pages 36-43.
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P A Metcalf, R K R Scragg, S Sharpe, E D H Fitzgerald, D Schaaf & C Watts. (2003) Short-term repeatability of a food frequency questionnaire in New Zealand children aged 1–14 y. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 57:11, pages 1498-1503.
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Richard C Cambie & Lynnette R Ferguson. (2003) Potential functional foods in the traditional Maori diet. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis 523-524, pages 109-117.
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Lynnette R. Ferguson. (2002) Meat consumption, cancer risk and population groups within New Zealand. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis 506-507, pages 215-224.
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Shinji Tanaka, Keishi Sugimachi, Hiroshi Saeki, Junko Kinoshita, Takefumi Ohga, Mitsuo Shimada, Yoshihiko Maehara & Keizo Sugimachi. (2001) A novel variant of WISP1 lacking a Von Willebrand type C module overexpressed in scirrhous gastric carcinoma. Oncogene 20:39, pages 5525-5532.
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K.J Botting, M.M Young, A.E Pearson, P.J Harris & L.R Ferguson. (1999) Antimutagens in food plants eaten by polynesians: micronutrients, phytochemicals and protection against bacterial mutagenicity of the heterocyclic amine 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline. Food and Chemical Toxicology 37:2-3, pages 95-103.
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A. Colin Bell, Boyd A. Swinburn, Henga Amosa, Robert Scragg & Susan J Sharpe. (2016) The Impact of Modernisation on the Diets of Adults Aged 20-40 Years from Samoan Church Communities in Auckland. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 11:1, pages 4-9.
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LR Ferguson. (1997) Micronutrients, dietary questionnaires and cancer. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 51:8, pages 337-344.
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John D. Potter. (1996) Nutrition and colorectal cancer. Cancer Causes and Control 7:1, pages 127-146.
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Gabriel A. KuneGabriel A. Kune. 1996. Causes and Control of Colorectal Cancer. Causes and Control of Colorectal Cancer 69 115 .
Johanna Dwyer. 1996. Dietary Phytochemicals in Cancer Prevention and Treatment. Dietary Phytochemicals in Cancer Prevention and Treatment 189 198 .

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