Anticlastogenic effect of asiatic pennywort and indian mulberry using rodent erythrocyte micronucleus assay

Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-94

  Kupradinun, Piengchai ^a   Tepsuwan, Anong ^a   Kusamran, Wannee R ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

anticlastogenic; Asiatic pennywort; Indian mulberry; Micronucleus; MNRETs; Mouse

Indexed keywords

CENTELLA ASIATICA; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79953298176     PISSN: 01256491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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