Mutagenic and genotoxic effects of Baccharis dracunculifolia (D.C.)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 321-324

  Rodrigues, Carmem R F ^a   Dias, Jacqueline H ^a   Semedo, Juliane G ^a   da Silva, Juliana ^a   Ferraz, Alexandre B F ^a   Picada, Jaqueline N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Baccharis dracunculifolia; Comet assay; Green propolis; Micronucleus test

Indexed keywords

BACCHARIS DRACUNCULIFOLIA EXTRACT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLAVONOID; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACCHARIS; BACCHARIS DRACUNCULIFOLIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

ANIMALS; BACCHARIS; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOMES; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; LIVER; MICE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENS; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROPOLIS;

ASTERACEAE; BACCHARIS DRACUNCULIFOLIA; MUS;

EID: 67449126842     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.04.022     Document Type: Article

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