DNA-protective effects of two components of essential plant oils carvacrol and thymol on mammalian cells cultured in vitro

Neoplasma

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-112

  Slamenova D ^a   Horvathova E ^a   Sramkova M ^a   Marsalkova L ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Carvacrol; Comet assay; HepG2, Caco 2, and V79 cells cultured in vitro; Protective effects of essential oils; Thymol

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARVACROL; DNA; ESSENTIAL OIL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; THYMOL; TRYPAN BLUE; VEGETABLE OIL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OXIDIZING AGENT; PROTECTIVE AGENT; TERPENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL STRAIN V 79; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENOTOXICITY; HAMSTER; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECT;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MONOTERPENES; OXIDANTS; PLANT OILS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; THYMOL;

EID: 34347225167     PISSN: 00282685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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