Comet assay to assess the genotoxicity of persian walnut (Juglans regia L.) husks with statistical evaluation

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 166-171

  Petriccione, Milena ^a   Ciniglia, Claudia ^b  

^a CRA Fruit Tree Research Unit   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Genotoxicity; Kolmogorov Smirnov test; Persian walnut

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS EXTRACTS; COMET ASSAYS; DNA DAMAGES; DNA INTEGRITY; DOSE-DEPENDENT; GENOTOXICITIES; JOHNSON SB DISTRIBUTION; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV TEST; PERSIANS; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; SCREENING TESTS; STATISTICAL EVALUATION; WATER EXTRACTS;

WATER TREATMENT;

ASSAYS;

MUTAGENIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; RAPHANUS; WALNUT;

COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; JUGLANS; MUTAGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RAPHANUS;

JUGLANS; JUGLANS REGIA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 84864588448     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0637-4     Document Type: Article

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