Anti- and pro-mutagenic effects of silymarin in the Ames bacterial reverse mutation assay

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1378-1384

  Kaleeswaran, Sampath ^a   Sriram, Padmanabhan ^a   Prabhu, Daivasigamani ^a   Vijayakumar, Chinnathambi ^a   Mathuram, Lalgudi Narayanan ^a  

^a MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Ames bacterial reverse mutation assay; Antimutagenicity; Silymarin

Indexed keywords

2 FLUORENYLAMINE; 4 NITROQUINOLINE 1 OXIDE; SILYMARIN;

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; MALE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

4-NITROQUINOLINE-1-OXIDE; ANIMALS; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; FLAVONOIDS; FLUORENES; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; FRUIT; MALE; MILK THISTLE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; NEOPLASMS; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEEDS; SILYMARIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SILYBUM MARIANUM;

EID: 70349926155     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2772     Document Type: Article

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