In vitro testing for genotoxicity of indigo naturalis assessed by micronucleus test

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1039-1042

  Dominici, Luca ^a   Cerbone, Barbara ^a   Villarini, Milena ^a   Fatigoni, Cristina ^a   Moretti, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genotoxicity; HepG2 cells; Indigo naturalis; Indigofera tinctoria; Micronucleus test

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; WATER; COLORING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOKINESIS BLOCKED MICRONUCLEUS ASSAY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SOLUTION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INDIGO NATURALIS; INDIGOFERA; INDIGOFERA TINCTORIA; LIVER; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY;

INDIGOFERA; INDIGOFERA TINCTORIA; LAWSONIA INERMIS;

CELL SURVIVAL; COLORING AGENTS; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; INDIGOFERA; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 77956630395     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1000500711     Document Type: Article

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