Screening of antimutagenicity via antioxidant activity in different extracts from the leaves of Acacia salicina from the center of Tunisia

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-63

  Bouhlel, Ines ^a   Mansour, Hedi Ben ^a   Limem, Ilef ^a   Sghaier, Mohamed Ben ^a   Mahmoud, Amor ^a   Chibani, Jemni Ben ^a   Ghedira, Kamel ^a   Chekir Ghedira, Leila ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Acacia salicina; Antigenotoxic activity; Free radical scavenging effect; Genotoxic effect; SOS chromotest

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACACIA SALICINA EXTRACT; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; METHANOL; NIFUROXAZIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; STEROL; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

ACACIA SALICINA; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; GENOTOXICITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOS CHROMOTEST; TUNISIA;

ACACIA SALICINA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33845324530     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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