Antimutagenic and mutagenic activities of some terpenes in the bacterial reverse mutation assay

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 653, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 130-133

  Di Sotto, Antonella ^a   Evandri, Maria Grazia ^b   Mazzanti, Gabriela ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ITALIAN MEDICINES AGENCY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caryophyllene; Antimutagenicity; Bacterial reverse mutation assay; Linalool; Linalyl acetate

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOANTHRACENE; 2 NITROFLUORENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; LINALOOL; LINALYL ACETATE; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; S 9; SODIUM AZIDE; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MUTAGEN TESTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TERPENES;

EID: 49649091582     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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