Genotoxicity of dill (Anethum graveolens L.), peppermint (Mentha×piperita L.) and pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) essential oils in human lymphocytes and Drosophila melanogaster

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 485-492

  Lazutka, J R ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberrations; Dill; Essential oils; Mutations; Peppermint; Pine; Sister chromatid exchanges

Indexed keywords

DILL OIL; ESSENTIAL OIL; PEPPERMINT OIL; PINE OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENOTOXICITY; HERB; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANT; PLANT SEED; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SOMATIC MUTATION;

ANIMALS; APIACEAE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTATION; OILS, VOLATILE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; MENTHA X PIPERITA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0035047367     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(00)00157-5     Document Type: Article

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