In vitro evaluation of the genotoxic and cytotoxic effects of artesunate, an antimalarial drug, in human lymphocytes

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 590-594

  Mota, Tatiane C ^a   Cardoso, Plínio C S ^a   Gomes, Lorena M ^a   Vieira, Priscilla C M ^a   Corrêa, Regianne M S ^a   Santana, Priscila Di Paula B ^a   Miranda, Moysés S ^a   Burbano, Rommel M R ^a   Bahia, Marcelo O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Artesunate; Comet assay; Genotoxicity; Micronucleus

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; APOPTOSIS; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTEMISININS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMET ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTESUNATE;

EID: 79961001204     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20659     Document Type: Article

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