2-Hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, the natural dye of Henna, is non-genotoxic in the mouse bone marrow micronucleus test and does not produce oxidative DNA damage in Chinese hamster ovary cells

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 560, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-47

  Marzin, Daniel ^a   Kirkland, David ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese hamster ovary cells; CHO; CPA; Cyclophosphamide; Dimethylsulfoxide; DMSO; Formamidopyrimidine glycosylase; FPG; MC; Methylcellulose; Micronucleated polychromatic erythrocytes; MPE; NE; Normochromatic erythrocytes; PE; Polychromatic erythrocytes

Indexed keywords

CLASTOGEN; DYE; HENNA; LAWSONE; METHYLCELLULOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA DAMAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CELL; OXIDATION; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DNA DAMAGE; MICE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; NAPHTHOQUINONES; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; LAWSONIA INERMIS;

EID: 16544386682     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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