Potential of the homeopathic remedy, Arnica Montana 30C, to reduce DNA damage in Escherichia coli exposed to ultraviolet irradiation through up-regulation of nucleotide excision repair genes

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 337-346

  Das, Sreemanti ^a   Saha, Santu Kumar ^a   De, Arnab ^a   Das, Durba ^a   Khuda Bukhsh, Anisur Rahman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Arnica ; DNA damage; DNA repair; Escherichia coli; Homeopathy; Reactive oxygen species; Ultraviolet rays

Indexed keywords

ARNICA MONTANA EXTRACT; BACTERIAL DNA; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; MESSENGER RNA; PLACEBO; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOPATHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84863393508     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20120314     Document Type: Article

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