Argentine folk medicine: Genotoxic effects of Chenopodiaceae family

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 246-251

  Gadano, A B ^a   Gurni, A A ^a   Carballo, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Ascaridole; Chenopodium; Cytotoxicity; Essential oil; Genotoxicity; Paico

Indexed keywords

CHENOPODIUM ALBUM EXTRACT; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES EXTRACT; CHENOPODIUM MULTIFIDUM EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTOXICITY; GOOSEFOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MITOSIS INDEX; NORMAL HUMAN; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ARGENTINA; CELLS, CULTURED; CHENOPODIUM; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; CHENOPODIUM; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES; CHENOPODIUM MULTIFIDUM;

EID: 29144452502     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.08.043     Document Type: Article

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