Antimutagenic activity of carotenoids in green peppers against some nitroarenes

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 416, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 11-19

  González De Mejía, Elvira ^a   Quintanar Hernández, José Alfredo ^a   Loarca Piña, Guadalupe ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Mutagenicity; Nitroarene; Pepper; Salmonella typhimurium

Indexed keywords

1,6 DINITROPYRENE; 1,8 DINITROPYRENE; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; NITROPYRENE; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PEPPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; BETA CAROTENE; CAPSICUM; CAROTENOIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PYRENES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0345404306     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(98)00070-9     Document Type: Article

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