Mutagenic and antimutagenic properties of extracts from South African traditional medicinal plants

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 575-587

  Verschaeve, L ^a,b   Van Staden, J ^c  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimutagenicity; Dichloromethane extracts; Medicinal plants; Methanol extracts; Mutagenicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; BAUHINIA GALPINII EXTRACT; CYTOCHALASIN B; HELICHRYSUM EXTRACT; HELICHRYSUM SIMILIMUM EXTRACT; MUTAGENIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; ROTHECA MYRICOIDES EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; BAUHINIA; BAUHINIA GALPINII; CANCER RISK; CHLERODENDRUM MYRICOIDES; COMET ASSAY; HELICHRYSUM; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUTAGEN TESTING; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; ROTHECA MYRICOIDES; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; COMET ASSAY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ASTERACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BAUHINIA GALPINII; FABACEAE; HELICHRYSUM; LAMIACEAE; ROTHECA MYRICOIDES;

EID: 53449095405     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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