Absence of mutagenic effect of Mikania glomerata hydroalcoholic extract on adult wistar rats in vivo

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 599-604

  Sá, Rita De Cássia Da Silveira ^a   Leite, Magda Narciso ^a   Peters, Vera Maria ^b   Guerra, Martha De Oliveira ^b   De Almeida, Reinaldo Nóbrega ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Biologia da Reprodução   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mikania glomerata; Mutagenicity; Wistar rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MIKANIA; MIKANIA GLOMERATA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33749051439     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132006000500009     Document Type: Article

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