Antigenotoxic activity and antioxidant properties of organic and aqueous extracts of pequi fruit (Caryocar brasiliense Camb.) pulp

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 956-963

  Miranda Vilela, Ana L ^a   Resck, Inês S ^a   Grisolia, Cesar K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antigenotoxic; Antioxidant; Caryocar brasiliense; Comet assay; Micronucleus; Pequi pulp extracts; Reactive oxygen species; TBARS assay

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CARYOCAR BRASILIENSE EXTRACT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CARYOCAR BRASILIENSE; CELL PROTECTION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRUIT; GENOTOXICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

CARYOCAR BRASILIENSE; MUS;

EID: 62549086923     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572008000500025     Document Type: Article

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