Ascorbic acid reduces the frequency of iron induced micronuclei in bone marrow cells of mice

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 542, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 99-103

  Premkumar, Kumpati ^a   Bowlus, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Clastogenicity; Iron; Micronucleus test

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CLASTOGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FERROUS SULFATE; IRON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; IRON RESTRICTION; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0345327575     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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