Mustard oil and garlic extract as inhibitors of sodium arsenite-induced chromosomal breaks in vivo

Cancer Letters

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-52

  Roy Choudhury, Arati ^a   Das, Tandra ^a   Sharma, Archana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Allium sativum; Chromosomal aberrations; Mustard oil; Sodium arsenite

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; ARSENITE SODIUM; CLASTOGEN; GARLIC EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ARSENITES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; FEMALE; GARLIC; MALE; MICE; MUSTARD PLANT; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; SATIVUM;

EID: 0343306724     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)00334-0     Document Type: Article

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