Investigation of the antimutagenic potentials of the methanol extract of Origanum vulgare L. subsp. vulgare in the eastern Anatolia region of Turkey

Turkish Journal of Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 271-276

  Özbek, Tülin ^a,b   Güllüce, Medine ^a   Şahin, Fikrettin ^c   Özkan, Hakan ^a,b   Sevsay, Sevgi ^b   Bariş, Özlem ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^c YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

AMES Salmonella microsome test system; Antimutagenicity; Methanol extract; Origanum vulgare subsp. vulgare; S9 metabolic activation system

Indexed keywords

ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 56049113215     PISSN: 13000152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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