Protective effect of distillate and redistillate of cow's urine in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes challenged with established genotoxic chemicals

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-256

  Krishnamurthi, K ^a   Dutta, Dipanwita ^a   Sivanesan, S D ^a   Chakrabarti, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Antioxidants; Cow's urine distillate; Cow's urine redistillate; DNA damage; Fluorimetric analysis of DNA unwinding (FADU); Gas chromatography mass spectrometer (GC MS); Genotoxicity; Human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL's); Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

DACTINOMYCIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DISTILLATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DRUG EFFECT; FLUOROMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PROTECTION; URINE;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; DACTINOMYCIN; DNA DAMAGE; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FLUOROMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MUTAGENS; NEUTROPHILS; URINE;

EID: 8444240097     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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