Protective effect of Crocus sativus stigma extract and crocin (trans-crocin 4) on methyl methanesulfonate-induced DNA damage in mice organs

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 657-664

  Hosseinzadeh, Hossein ^a,b   Abootorabi, Akram ^b   Sadeghnia, Hamid R ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROCIN; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; CROCUS; CYTOPROTECTION; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FLOWERS; MALE; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MICE; MUTAGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ANIMALIA; CROCUS SATIVUS; MUS;

EID: 57149107368     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2008.0767     Document Type: Article

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