Differential Genotoxicity of the Crude Leaf Extract of a Medicinal Plant, Casearia tomentosa

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 12-18

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

^a T M BHAGALPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Patna Women's College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOUSE; MUTAGEN TESTING; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; MALE; MICE; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOCYTES;

EID: 0034151099     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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