Antigenotoxic and antioxidant activities of palmarosa and citronella essential oils

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1521-1527

  Sinha, Sonali ^a   Biswas, Dhrubojyoti ^b   Mukherjee, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b Ashok Laboratory   (India)

Author keywords

Antigenotoxic effects; Comet assay; Hydrogen peroxide; Lymphocytes; Methyl methanesulphonate; pBR322 plasmid DNA

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CITRONELLAL; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA; ESSENTIAL OIL; FREE RADICAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PALMAROSA OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIGENOTOXIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CELL SURVIVAL; COMET ASSAY; CYMBOPOGON; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MUTAGENS; OILS, VOLATILE; OXIDANTS; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

CITRONELLA; FUNGI;

EID: 80054926269     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.08.046     Document Type: Article

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