Vicia faba root tip micronucleus test on the mutagenicity of water-soluble contents of cigarette smoke

Mutation Research - Environmental Mutagenesis and Related Subjects

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Ji, Qing ^a   Chen, Yifeng ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoke; Micronucleus test; Mutagenicity; Vicia faba

Indexed keywords

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CIGARETTE SMOKE; NICOTINAMIDE; POLYPHENOL; SODIUM SELENITE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA; VICIA FABA;

VICIA FABA;

EID: 0030033679     PISSN: 01651161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1161(96)90003-5     Document Type: Article

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