Antioxidant, mitogenic and immunomodulatory potentials of acacia honey

Nutritional Therapy and Metabolism

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 68-78

  Aliyu, Muhammad ^a,b,c   Odunola, Oyeronke A ^a   Farooq, Ahsana D ^b   Mesaik, Ahmed M ^b   Choudhary, Muhammad I ^b   Azhar, Mudassar ^b   Asif, Muhammad M ^b   Erukainure, Ochuko L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acacia honey; Chemiluminescence assay; Cytochalasin B blocked micronucleus assay; Genotoxicity; Mitotic index assay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904400239     PISSN: 18286232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/NTM.2014.12285     Document Type: Article

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