Evaluation of the cytotoxicity, mutagenicity and antimutagenicity of emerging edible plants

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1045-1053

  Yen, G C ^a   Chen, H Y ^b   Peng, H H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNGTAI INST HLTH SCI TECHNOL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antimutagenicity; Comet assay; Cytotoxicity; Mutagenicity; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 3 METHYLIMIDAZO[4,5 F]QUINOLINE; 4 NITROQUINOLINE 1 OXIDE; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; BASELLA ALBA EXTRACT; BOUSSINGAULTIA GRACILIS EXTRACT; CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; CORCHORUS OLITORIUS EXTRACT; CRASSOCEPHALUM CREIDIOIDES EXTRACT; DNA; PEROXIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT; PORTULACA OLERACEA EXTRACT; QUINOXALINE; SECHIUM EDULE EXTRACT; SOLANUM NIGRUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASELLA ALBA; BOUSSINGAULTIA GRACILIS; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CORCHORUS OLITORIUS; CRASSOCEPHALUM CREIDIOIDES; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; MUTAGENICITY; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PORTULACA OLERACEA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SECHIUM EDULE; SOLANUM NIGRUM; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOSTABILITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; COMET ASSAY; FRUIT; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS; RATS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TAIWAN; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0034880386     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(01)00053-9     Document Type: Article

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