Genotoxic effects of Karwinskia humboldtiana toxin T-514 in peripheral blood lymphocytes

Anti-Cancer Drugs

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 710-715

  Velazco, Ma Del Roble ^a   Montero, Regina ^b   Rojas, Emilio ^b   Gonsebatt, Ma Eugenia ^b   Sordo, Monserratt ^b   Piñeyro, Alfredo ^a   Ostrosky Wegman, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anthracenones; Cytostatic effects; Genotoxicity; Human lymphocytes; Karwinskia humboldtiana; Rhamnaceae plants; T 514

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; KARWINSKIA HUMBOLDTIANA TOXIN; MITOMYCIN C; PLANT TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOXICITY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTHRACENES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CYTOTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MUTAGENS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLANTS, TOXIC; RHAMNUS; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 0342543800     PISSN: 09594973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001813-199608000-00013     Document Type: Article

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