Evaluation of the genotoxic effect of rutin and quercetin by comet assay and micronucleus test

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 941-947

  Da Silva, J ^a   Herrmann, S M ^b   Heuser, V ^a   Peres, W ^c   Possa Marroni, N ^a   Gonzalez Gallego J ^d   Erdtmann, B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Centro Universitario La Salle   (Brazil)

^c Catolic University of Pelotas   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Micronucleus test; Quercetin; Rutin

Indexed keywords

QUERCETIN; RUTOSIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; FOOD POISONING; GENOTOXICITY; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; COMET ASSAY; MICE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; QUERCETIN; RUTIN;

EID: 0036282183     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(02)00015-7     Document Type: Article

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