Toxicity and genotoxicity evaluation of Passiflora alata Curtis (Passifloraceae)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 526-532

  Boeira, Jane M ^a,b   Fenner, Raquel ^c   Betti, Andresa H ^c   Provensi, Gustavo ^c   Lacerda, Luciana de A ^c   Barbosa, Patrícia R ^c   González, Félix H D ^c   Corrêa, André M R ^c   Driemeier, David ^c   Dall'Alba, Marília P ^a   Pedroso, Annelise P ^d   Gosmann, Grace ^c   da Silva, Juliana ^d   Rates, Stela M K ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF FOOD ENGINEERING   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genotoxicity; Passiflora; Passiflora alata; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; PASSIFLORA ALATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL CONTORTION; ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW CELL; BRONCHUS SECRETION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DEATH; DNA DAMAGE; FOREPAW PARALYSIS; GENOTOXICITY; HYPOTHERMIA; LEUKOCYTE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PASSIFLORA ALATA; PASSION FRUIT; PTOSIS; RAT; REFLEX; SALIVATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPRAY DRYING; TREMBLING; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; BRAZIL; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; FLAVONOIDS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORACEAE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WATER;

ANIMALIA; MUS; PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA ALATA; PASSIFLORACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 77649181188     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.09.037     Document Type: Article

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