Mutagenicity of natural anthraquinones from Rubia tinctorum in the Drosophila wing spot test

Planta Medica

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 127-131

  Marec, F ^a,b   Kollarova I ^a   Jegorov, A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alizarin; Anthraquinones; Drosophila; Genotoxicity; Lucidin; Madder root; Mitotic recombination; Mollugin; Rubia tinctorum; Rubiaceae; Somatic mutation; Xanthopurpurin

Indexed keywords

ALIZARIN; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; LUCIDIN; MOLLUGIN; MUTAGENIC AGENT; PURPURIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOPURPURIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LARVA; MUTAGEN TESTING; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; RUBIA TINCTORUM; RUBIACEAE; SOMATIC MUTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAQUINONES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LARVA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PYRANS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RUBIACEAE; WING;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; RUBIA TINCTORIUM; RUBIA TINCTORUM; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 0035079941     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-11498     Document Type: Article

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