Prolonged murine genotoxic effects of crude extracted from neem

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-83

  Awasthy, K S ^a   Chaurasia, O P ^b   Sinha, S P ^b  

^a KKM College   (India)

^b T M BHAGALPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Azadirachtin; Clastogenicity; Genotoxicity; Neem; Spindle disturbances

Indexed keywords

DNA; FREE RADICAL; NEEM OIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENOTOXICITY; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FEMALE; INDIA; LIMONINS; MALE; MICE; MITOSIS; MUTAGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PREGNANCY; TRITERPENES;

ANIMALIA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; MURINAE;

EID: 0033066681     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199902)13:1<81::AID-PTR385>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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