Assessment of the genotoxic risk from laxative senna products

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Brusick, David ^a,c   Mengs, Ulrich ^b  

^a UK   (United States)

^b Madaus AG   (Germany)

^c Corning Hazelton Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aloe emodin; Anthraquinones; Genotoxicity; Senna; Sennosides

Indexed keywords

ALOE EMODIN; EMODIN; LAXATIVE; RHEIN; SENNOSIDE;

AMES TEST; CELL STRAIN V 79; CHO CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOMA; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENNA;

ALOE; ANIMALS; ANTHRACENES; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CATHARTICS; EMODIN; HUMANS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SENNA EXTRACT;

ALOE; ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RODENTIA; SENNA;

EID: 0031039049     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1997)29:1<1::AID-EM1>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Review

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