Cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of Lavandula stoechas aqueous extracts

Biologia

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 292-296

  Çelik, Tülay Aşkin ^a   Aslantürk, Özlem Sultan ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Allium cepa L.; Cytotoxic effect; Genotoxic effect; Lavandula stoechas L.; Plant extract

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; LAMIACEAE; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA STOECHAS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 50849133909     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-007-0051-2     Document Type: Article

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