Inhibition of clastogenic effects of arsenic through continued oral administration of garlic extract in mice in vivo

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 392, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-242

  Choudhury, Arati Roy ^a   Das, Tandra ^a   Sharma, Archana ^a   Talukder, Geeta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anticlastogenic effects of garlic; Arsenic clastogenicity; Dietary supplement

Indexed keywords

ARSENITE SODIUM; CLASTOGEN; GARLIC EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME PREPARATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; ARSENITES; AZURE STAINS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; GARLIC; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MICE; MITOMYCIN; MUTAGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA; SATIVUM; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM;

EID: 0030750356     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(97)00076-4     Document Type: Article

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