Cytological and biochemical effects of St. John's Wort supplement (a complex mixture of St. John's Wort, Rosemary and Spirulina) on somatic and germ cells of Swiss albino mice

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 408-417

  Aleisa, A M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cytology; Germ cells; Malondialdehyde; Nonprotein sulfhydryl groups; Nucleic acids; Somatic cells; St. John's Wort supplement

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; MALONALDEHYDE; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; QUERCETIN; TANNIN; TERPENE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIGENETICS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMOROACETABULAR IMPINGEMENT; GENOTOXICITY; GERM CELL; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; LIVER CELL; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; ROSEMARY; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPIRULINA; TESTIS;

MUS; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SPIRULINA;

EID: 58849102575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph5050408     Document Type: Conference Paper

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