Absence of genotoxic and antigenotoxic effects of a standardized extract of the medicinal plant Solanum melongena on peripheral blood and bone marrow cells of Wistar rats

Cytologia

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 417-422

  Roswell Chacon, Daniele ^a   Dalla Libera, Andreia Nappo ^a   Correia Cintra, Dennys Esper ^a   Tavares Carvalho, José Carlos ^a   De Oliveira, Gilberto Antonio ^a   Luis Maistro, Edson ^a  

^a Universidade Jose do Rosario Vellano   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberrations; Eggplant; Micronucleous test; Solanum melongena

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MELONGENA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SOLANUM; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 0036944861     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.67.417     Document Type: Article

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