Protection by Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer against the genotoxicity of doxorubicin in somatic cells of Drosophila melanogaster

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 947-955

  Pereira, Denise G ^a   Antunes, Lusânia M G ^b   Graf, Ulrich ^c   Spanó, Mário A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antigenotoxicity; SMART; Wing spot test

Indexed keywords

DOXINA; DOXORUBICIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DNA REPAIR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG MECHANISM; GENOTOXICITY; GINSENG; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; SOMATIC CELL; SOMATIC MUTATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; PANAX GINSENG;

EID: 62549129017     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572008000500024     Document Type: Article

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