Mutagenicity of medicinal plant extracts in Salmonella/microsome assay

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 397-400

  Fernandes De Sá Ferreira, Isabel Cristina ^a   Ferrão Vargas, Vera Maria ^a  

^a Fundacao Estadual de Protecao Ambiental Henrique Luis Roessler   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthraquinones; Cassia corymbosa; Flavonoids; Myrciaria tenella; Plant extracts; Salmonella microsome assay; Smilax campestris; Tannins; Tripodanthus acutifolius

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; MUTAGENIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DRUG STRUCTURE; MICROSOME; MUTAGENICITY; SALMONELLA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CASSIA; CASSIA CORYMBOSA; MYRCIARIA; MYRCIARIA TENELLA; SALMONELLA; SENNA CORYMBOSA; SMILAX; SMILAX CAMPESTRIS; TRIPODANTHUS ACUTIFOLIUS;

EID: 0032777122     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1573(199908/09)13:5<397::aid-ptr473>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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