An investigation of some Turkish herbal medicines in Salmonella typhimurium and in the COMET assay in human lymphocytes

Teratogenesis Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-138

  Basaran, A Ahmet ^a   Yu, Tian Wei ^b   Plewa, Michael J ^c   Anderson, Diana ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BIBRA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ames test; COMET assay; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOXICITY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MUTAGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TURKEY;

EID: 0344369644     PISSN: 02703211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6866(1996)16:2<125::AID-TCM6>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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