Antimutagenic and antioxidant/prooxidant activity of quercetin

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-67

  Geetha, Thiraviam ^a   Malhotra, Vibha ^a   Chopra, Kanwaljit ^a   Kaur, Indu Pal ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ames test; Antimutagenicity; Antioxidant activity; Ascorbic acid; Quercetin

Indexed keywords

DEOXIDANTS; FREE RADICALS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MUTAGENESIS; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXIDATION; SCAVENGING;

ANTIMUTAGENICITY TESTING; ASCORBIC ACID; OXIDATIVE MUTAGENS; PROOXIDANT;

ANTIOXIDANTS;

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; OXIDIZING AGENT; QUERCETIN; SCAVENGER; TERT BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; MUTAGEN TESTING; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; OXIDANTS; QUERCETIN; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TERT-BUTYLHYDROPEROXIDE;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 11444251181     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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