Antimutagenic activities of acetone and methanol fractions of Terminalia arjuna

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1475-1482

  Kaur, K ^a   Arora, S ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Nagpal, A ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acid Black dye; Antimutagenicity; Polyphenols; Salmonella typhimurium; Terminalia arjuna

Indexed keywords

2 FLUORENYLAMINE; 4 NITRO 1,2 PHENYLENEDIAMINE; ACETONE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROFORM; DYE; METHANOL DERIVATIVE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; TERMINALIA ARJUNA EXTRACT;

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; INCUBATION TIME; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ACETONE; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; COLORING AGENTS; FLUORENES; METHANOL; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; PHENYLENEDIAMINES; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; TERMINALIA;

SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA ARJUNA;

EID: 0036775924     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(02)00078-9     Document Type: Article

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