Evaluation of the antimutagenic effect of pomegranate seed oil against genotoxicity induced by nitrobenzene in mice

Global Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 189-195

  Aly, Fawzia A E ^a   Salman, Asmaa S ^a   Hassan, Zeinab M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberrations; Genotoxicity; Nitrobenzene; Pomegranate seed oil; Sperm shape abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; NITROBENZENE; POMEGRANATE SEED OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GENOTOXICITY; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; POMEGRANATE; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOCYTE;

EID: 84897833727     PISSN: 19920075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.gjp.2014.8.2.82270     Document Type: Article

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