Antimutagenic activity of spearmint

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 387-393

  Yu, Tian Wei ^a   Xu, Meirong ^a   Dashwood, Roderick H ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonic aberrant crypt foci; Heterocyclic amines; IQ; Mint; PhIP; Salmonella mutagenicity assay; Trp P 2

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 3 METHYLIMIDAZO[4,5 F]QUINOLINE; 2 HYDROXYAMINO 3 METHYL 3H IMIDAZO[4,5 F]QUINOLINE; 4 NITRO 1,2 PHENYLENEDIAMINE; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; CARCINOGEN; CHLOROFORM; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 1A2; DRUG METABOLIZING ENZYME; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; FLAVORING AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HETEROCYCLIC AMINE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; MENTHA SPICATA EXTRACT; METHANOL; METHOXYRESORUFIN O DEMETHYLASE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL ASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IC 50; INTESTINE CRYPT; MENTHA SPICATA; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; METABOLITE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; MENTHA SPICATA; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

MENTHA; MENTHA SPICATA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 12344270126     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20063     Document Type: Article

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