Genotoxicity of Achillea millefolium essential oil in diploid cells of Aspergillus nidulans

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 231-235

  De Sant'Anna, Juliane Rocha ^a   Franco, Claudinéia Conationi Da Silva ^a   Miyamoto, Claudia Tiemi ^a   Cunico, Miriam Machado ^b   Miguel, Obdulio Gomes ^b   Côcco, Lílian Cristina ^b   Yamamoto, Carlos Itsuo ^b   Junior, Cirino Corrêa ^c   De Castro Prado, Marialba Avezum Alves ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c EMATER PR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Achillea millefolium; Aneugenic potential; Mitotic instability; Mitotic recombination

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; CARYOPHYLLENE; CHAMAZULENE; CINEOLE; SABINENE; TERPIN 4 OL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESSENTIAL OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING OVER; DIPLOIDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENOTOXICITY; HETEROZYGOTE; NONDISJUNCTION; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING; ACHILLEA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MUTAGEN TESTING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

ACHILLEA; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NONDISJUNCTION, GENETIC; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS;

EID: 59449100415     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2596     Document Type: Article

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