Mutagenicity, antimutagenicity and cytotoxicity evaluation of South African Podocarpus species

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 728-738

  Abdillahi, Halima S ^a   Verschaeve, Luc ^b   Finnie, Jeffrey F ^a   Van Staden, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antimutagenicity; Cytotoxicity; Mutagenicity; Podocarpus

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; PODOCARPUS ELONGATUS EXTRACT; PODOCARPUS FALCATUS EXTRACT; PODOCARPUS HENKELII EXTRACT; PODOCARPUS LATIFOLIUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PODOCARPUS; PODOCARPUS ELONGATUS; PODOCARPUS FALCATUS; PODOCARPUS HENKELII; PODOCARPUS LATIFOLIUS; RAT; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GYMNOSPERMS; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFROCARPUS FALCATUS; ANIMALIA; PODOCARPUS; PODOCARPUS LATIFOLIUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 84856211123     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.11.044     Document Type: Article

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