Chemical composition and in vitro cytotoxic, genotoxic effects of essential oil from urtica dioica L.

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 666-671

  Gül, Süleyman ^a   Emirci, Betül ^b   Başer, Kemal Hüsnücan ^b   Akpulat, H Aşkin ^c   Aksu, Pinar ^a  

^a KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Cytotoxic; Essential oil; Genotoxic; Urtica dioica

Indexed keywords

APOPTOTIC CELLS; CARVONE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATION; CYTOTOXIC; GC-MS ANALYSIS; GENOTOXIC; GENOTOXIC EFFECTS; HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES; IN-VITRO; NECROTIC CELLS; URTICA DIOICA;

ACETONE; CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOMES; NAPHTHALENE;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

URTICA DIOICA;

BETA IONONE; BETA-IONONE; CARVACROL; CARVONE; CYTOTOXIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERANYLACETONE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; NORISOPRENOID; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; URTICA DIOICA;

CYTOTOXINS; MONOTERPENES; MUTAGENS; NORISOPRENOIDS; OILS, VOLATILE; TERPENES; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 84861322028     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0535-9     Document Type: Article

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