A phytotherapeutic extract of Equisetum myriochaetum is not genotoxic either in the in vivo wing somatic test of Drosophila or in the in vitro human micronucleus test

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 182-189

  Téllez, María Guadalupe Ordaz ^a   Rodríguez, Horacio Bárcenas ^a   Olivares, Guillermo Quevedo ^a   Sortibrán, América Nitxin Castañeda ^a   Andrade Cetto, Adolfo ^a   Rodríguez Arnaiz, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Equisetum myriochaetum (Equisetaceae); Genotoxicity; Human micronucleus test; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Wing somatic assay

Indexed keywords

EQUISETUM MYRIOCHAETUM EXTRACT; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EQUISETUM; EQUISETUM MYRIOCHAETUM; FORELIMB; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; SOMATIC CELL; SOMATIC MUTATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXICITY TESTING; WING SOMATIC TEST;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EQUISETUM; FEMALE; FLAVONOLS; GLYCOSIDES; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MEXICO; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; WING;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EQUISETACEAE; EQUISETUM MYRIOCHAETUM;

EID: 33947705787     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.11.011     Document Type: Article

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