Absence of mutagenicity effects of Psidium cattleyanum Sabine (Myrtaceae) extract on peripheral blood and bone marrow cells of mice

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 679-686

  Costa, T D A ^a   Vieira, S ^a   Andrade, S F ^b   Maistro, E L ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Micronucleus test; Mutagenesis; Psidium cattleyanum; Single cell gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ETHYLNITROSOUREA; GUAVA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; GUAVA; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; MUTAGENICITY; MYRTACEAE; NONHUMAN;

MUS; MYRTACEAE; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM CATTLEIANUM;

EID: 49849106657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/vol7-3gmr475     Document Type: Article

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