Modulatory effect of distillate of Ocimum sanctum leaf extract (Tulsi) on human lymphocytes against genotoxicants

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 226-234

  Dutta, Dipanwita ^a   Devi, S Saravana ^a   Krishnamurthi, K ^a   Kumar, Koel ^a   Vyas, Priyanka ^a   Muthal, P L ^a   Naoghare, P ^a   Chakrabarti, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Benzo a pyrene (B a P); Chromosomal aberration (CA); Cytotoxicity; Distillate of Tulsi leaf extract (DTLE); DNA strand break; Hexavalent chromium (Cr +6); Micronucleus (MN); Mitomycin C (MMC)

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE DERIVATIVE; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM HEXAVALENT ION; DNA; MITOMYCIN; MUTAGENIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASIL; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF;

ADULT; BENZOPYRENES; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMIUM; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITOMYCIN; MUTAGENS; OCIMUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

OCIMUM; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM;

EID: 34547871618     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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