Mutagenic screening of some commonly used medicinal plants in Nigeria

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 461-470

  Akintonwa, Alade ^a   Awodele, Olufunsho ^a   Afolayan, Gbenga ^a   Coker, Herbert A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Allium cepa assay; Chromosomal aberrations; Medicinal plants; Modified Ames test; Mutagenicity

Indexed keywords

ALSTONIA BOONEI EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CITRIC ACID; ENANTIA CHLORANTHA EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INDOLE; LACTOSE; MORINDA LUCIDA EXTRACT; NEWBOULDIA LAEVIS EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA EXTRACT; RAUVOLFIA VOMITORIA EXTRACT; TERAPLUERA TETRAPTERA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE; XYLOPIA AETHIOPICA EXTRACT;

ALSTONIA BOONEI; AMES TEST; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARCINOGENICITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESEARCH; ENANTIA CHLORANTHA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MITOSIS INDEX; MORINDA; MUTAGENICITY; NEWBOULDIA LAEVIS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; ONION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOT; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RAUVOLFIA VOMITORIA; ROOT GROWTH; TERAPLUERA TETRAPTERA; TOXICITY TESTING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; XYLOPIA AETHIOPICA;

ALSTONIA; ANIMALS; AZADIRACHTA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MITOTIC INDEX; MORINDA; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; NIGERIA; ONIONS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLUMBAGINACEAE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; XYLOPIA;

ALLIUM CEPA; ALSTONIA BOONEI; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CHAMAESYCE DEGENERI; ENANTIA CHLORANTHA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MORINDA LUCIDA; NEWBOULDIA LAEVIS; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA; RAUVOLFIA VOMITORIA; XYLOPIA AETHIOPICA;

EID: 69949084944     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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