The antimutagenic activity of Lavandula angustifolia (lavender) essential oil in the bacterial reverse mutation assay

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1381-1387

  Evandri, M G ^a   Battinelli, L ^a   Daniele, C ^a   Mastrangelo, S ^b   Bolle, P ^a   Mazzanti, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimutagenicity; Bacterial reverse mutation assay; Essential oils; Lavandula angustifolia; Melaleuca alternifolia

Indexed keywords

2 NITROFLUORENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; HISTIDINE; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; LAVENDER OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; TEA TREE OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; REVERTANT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LAVANDULA; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; RATS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TEA TREE OIL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 21244472572     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2005.03.013     Document Type: Article

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