Genotoxicity and antigenotoxicity evaluation of non-photoactivated hypericin

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-95

  Miadokova, Eva ^a   Chalupa, Ivan ^b   Vlckova, Viera ^a   Sevcovicova, Andrea ^a   Nadova, Slavomira ^a   Kopaskova, Marcela ^a   Hercegova, Alena ^a   Gasperova, Patricia ^a   Alfoldiova, Lubica ^a   Komjatiova, Monika ^a   Csanyiova, Zuzana ^a   Galova, Eliska ^a   Cellarova, Eva ^c   Vlcek, Daniel ^a  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^c P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Antigenotoxicity; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; DPPH radical; Genotoxicity; HepG2; Hypericin; Mammalian cells; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Salmonella typhimurium; V79; VH10

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 4 NITROQUINOLINE 1 OXIDE; AMINOACRIDINE; HYPERICIN; MESYLIC ACID; RADICAL;

ALGA; AMES TEST; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MITOSIS RATE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; REVERTANT; SCAVENGING SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CRICETINAE; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PERYLENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 74249118659     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2901     Document Type: Article

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