Bioassay-guided isolation of antimutagenic factors from fruits of Terminalia bellerica

Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-76

  Kaur, Swayamjot ^a   Arora, Saroj ^a   Kaur, Satwinderjeet ^a   Kumar, Subodh ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

2 aminofluorene; Antimutagenicity; Salmonella typhimurium; Terminalia bellerica

Indexed keywords

2 FLUORENYLAMINE; 4 O NITROPHENYLENEDIAMINE; ACETONE; AMINE; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; CHLOROFORM; PLANT EXTRACT; SODIUM AZIDE; TERMINALIA BELLERICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOASSAY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; FRUIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA BELLERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA BELLERICA; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0037241922     PISSN: 07318898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/jenvpathtoxoncol.v22.i1.70     Document Type: Article

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