Genotoxicity assessment of Copaiba oil and its fractions in Swiss mice

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 664-672

  Almeida, Mara Ribeiro ^a   Darin, Joana D'Arc Castania ^a   Hernandes, Lívia Cristina ^a   de Souza Ramos, Mônica Freiman ^b,c   Antunes, Lusânia Maria Greggi ^a   de Freitas, Osvaldo ^d  

^a Faculdade de Ciencias   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Copaiba oilresin; Genotoxicity; Micronucleus

Indexed keywords

CARYOPHYLLENE; DITERPENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT RESIN; SESQUITERPENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPAIBA; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENOTOXICITY; LEGUME; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 84865362347     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572012005000052     Document Type: Article

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