Licoflavone C attenuates the genotoxicity of cancer drugs in human peripheral lymphocytes

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1650-1654

  Scarpato, Roberto ^a   Paganucci, Letizia ^a   Bertoli, Alessandra ^a   Fiore, Lisa ^a   Pistelli, Luisa ^a   Federico, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antigenotoxicity; Genotoxicity; Human lymphocytes; Micronuclei; Prenyl flavonoids

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN B; DAUNORUBICIN; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; LICOFLAVONE C; MITOMYCIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENISTA; GENISTA EPHEDROIDES; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; SCREENING;

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; CYTOPROTECTION; DAUNORUBICIN; FLAVONES; GENISTA; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MITOMYCIN; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT EXTRACTS;

GENISTA EPHEDROIDES;

EID: 57549090831     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2546     Document Type: Article

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