Genotoxicity and mutagenicity of rosmarinus officinalis (labiatae) essential oil in mammalian cells in vivo

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2113-2122

  Maistro, E L ^a   Mota, S F ^b   Lima, E B ^b   Bernardes, B M ^b   Goulart, F C ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Jose do Rosario Vellano   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberrations; Comet assay; Essential oil; Micronucleus test; Rosmarinus officinalis

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; ESSENTIAL OIL; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BONE MARROW CELL; CHROMATID ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL; MALE; MICRONUCLEATED POLYCHROMATIC ERYTHROCYTE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MITOSIS INDEX; MOUSE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD CELL; POLYCHROMATIC ERYTHROCYTE; RAT;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; COMET ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ROSMARINUS;

ANIMALIA; LAMIACEAE; MAMMALIA; MUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 78149425695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/vol9-4gmr857     Document Type: Article

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