Toxicity of selected plant volatiles in microbial and mammalian short-term assays

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 813-823

  Stammati, A ^a   Bonsi, P ^a   Zucco, F ^b   Moezelaar, R ^c   Alakomi, H L ^d   Von Wright, A ^d  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Genotoxicity; Natural fungicides; Plant volatiles

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; CARVONE; CINNAMALDEHYDE; NEUTRAL RED; THYMOL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENOTOXICITY; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PROTEIN CONTENT;

ACROLEIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CELL SURVIVAL; COLORING AGENTS; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; INDOLES; MONOTERPENES; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NEUTRAL RED; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANTS; SALMONELLA; TERPENES; THYMOL; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032882744     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(99)00075-7     Document Type: Article

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