Assessment of mutagenicity in Parthenium hysterophorus L.

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-30

  Ramos, A ^a   Rivero, R ^a   Victoria, M C ^b   Visozo, A ^a   Piloto, J ^a   Garcia A ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO DE MEDICAMENTOS CIDEM   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTO DE FARMACIA Y ALIMENTOS   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Lipid peroxidation; Micronucleus assay; Parthenium hysterophorus; Pro oxidant activity; Salmonella microsome assay

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOANTHRACENE; 2 FLUORENYLAMINE; AMINOACRIDINE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAUNORUBICIN; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MITOMYCIN C; PARTHENIN; PICROLONIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SODIUM AZIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMES TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SALMONELLA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MICROSOMES; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SALMONELLA; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM;

EID: 0034899026     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(01)00257-4     Document Type: Article

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