Chlorophyll and chromosome breakage

Mutation Research - Environmental Mutagenesis and Related Subjects

Volumn 360, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-191

  Talukder, Geeta ^b  

^a Datta), Debisri   (India)

^b VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Chromosome breakage

Indexed keywords

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; CHLOROPHYLL; MITOMYCIN C; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINACH; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0030575555     PISSN: 01651161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1161(96)90016-3     Document Type: Article

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