Potential genotoxicity of plant extracts used in Ethiopian traditional medicine

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 136-142

  Demma, J ^a,b   Engidawork, E ^b   Hellman, B ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA damage; Glinus lotoides; Mouse lymphoma L5178Y cells; Plumbago zeylanica; Rumex steudelii; Thymus schimperi

Indexed keywords

4 NITROQUINOLINE 1 OXIDE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; GLINUS LOTOIDES EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA EXTRACT; RUMEX STEUDELII EXTRACT; THYMUS SCHIMPERI EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ETHIOPIA; GENOTOXICITY; LEUKEMIA L 5178 Y; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

4-NITROQUINOLINE-1-OXIDE; ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BENZO(A)PYRENE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHIOPIA; LYMPHOMA; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICE; MOLLUGINACEAE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLUMBAGINACEAE; RUMEX; THYMUS PLANT;

GLINUS LOTOIDES; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA; RUMEX STEUDELII; THYMUS SCHIMPERI;

EID: 59249084763     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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