Anticlastogenicity of vitamin C in vivo against the cytogenetic toxicity of muriate of potash in murine bone marrow cells

In Vivo

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-112

  Sinha, A K ^a,b   Khan, P K ^a  

^a T M BHAGALPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Gaya College   (India)

Author keywords

Anticlastogenicity; Chromosomal abnormality; Cytogenetic toxicity; Muriate of potash; Swiss albine mice; Vitamin C (L ascorbic acid)

Indexed keywords

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CLASTOGEN; FERTILIZER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; MALE; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029885556     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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