Mutagenic and antimutagenic potentials of fruit juices of five medicinal plants in Allium cepa L.: Possible influence of DPPH free radical scavengers

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 51, 2011, Pages 10520-10529

  Akeem, Akinboro ^a   Mohamed, Kamaruzaman Bin ^a   Asmawi, Mohd Zaini ^b   Sofiman, Othman Ahmad ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Antimutagenicity; Antioxidants; Cyclophosphamide; Mutagenicity

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MUTAGENIC AGENT; SCAVENGER;

ANTIMUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AVERRHOA BILIMBI; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; FRUIT JUICE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROSCOPY; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; MORINDA ELLIPTICA; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUTMEG; ONION; PHYLLANTUS ACIDUS;

ALLIUM CEPA; AVERRHOA BILIMBI; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; MORINDA ELLIPTICA; MYRISTICA FRAGRANS; MYRISTICACEAE; OXALIDACEAE; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 80052676903     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb11.694     Document Type: Article

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