Antimutagenic property of an herbal medicine, Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Detected by the Tradescantia micronucleus assay

Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-130

  Zhang, Hongen ^a   Jeong, Byeong Seon ^a   Ma, Te Hsiu ^a  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimutagenesis; Polygonum multiflorum; Tradescantia micronucleus assay; X rays

Indexed keywords

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRADESCANTIA;

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYGONUM; TRADESCANTIA; X-RAYS;

POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM MULTIFLORUM; TRADESCANTIA;

EID: 0033064378     PISSN: 07318898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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