Potentiation by turmeric and curcumin of γ-radiation-induced chromosome aberrations in Chinese hamster ovary cells

Teratogenesis Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-18

  Araújo, Maria Cristina P ^a,b   Da Luz Dias, Francisca ^b   Takahashi, Catarina S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

radiation; Chromosome aberration; Curcumin; Turmeric

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BLEOMYCIN; CLASTOGEN; CURCUMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHO CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURCUMA LONGA; DRUG POTENTIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL CYCLE; CHO CELLS; CHROMATIDS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES; CRICETINAE; CURCUMA; CURCUMIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 0345059224     PISSN: 02703211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6866(1999)19:1<9::AID-TCM2>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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