Curcumin damages DNA in human gastric mucosa cells and lymphocytes

Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 271-276

  Blasiak, Janusz ^a   Trzeciak, Andrzej ^a   Kowalik, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Curcumin; DNA damage; DNA repair; Human gastric mucosa cells; Human peripheral blood lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; CURCUMIN;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTOTOXICITY; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH INJURY; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMET ASSAY; CURCUMIN; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES;

CURCUMA LONGA;

EID: 0033501153     PISSN: 07318898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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