Tinospora cordifolia, a safety evaluation

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1220-1226

  Chandrasekaran, C V ^a   Mathuram, L N ^b   Daivasigamani, Prabhu ^c   Bhatnagar, Upendra ^d  

^a Natural Remedies Pvt Ltd   (India)

^b MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

^c Sugen Life Sciences Pvt Ltd   (India)

^d Vanthys Pharmaceutical Development Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Ames test; Chromosome aberration assay; Comet assay; Micronucleus assay; Tinospora cordifolia

Indexed keywords

TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT;

AMES TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; MUTAGEN TESTING; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TINOSPORA;

MUS; RODENTIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA;

EID: 70349466525     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2009.07.030     Document Type: Article

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