In vitro investigation of the mutagenic potential of Aloe vera extracts

Toxicology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 487-496

  Guo, Xiaoqing ^a   Zhang, Suhui ^a,c   Dial, Stacey L ^a   Boudreau, Mary D ^a   Xia, Qingsu ^a   Fu, Peter P ^a   Levy, Dan D ^b   Moore, Martha M ^a,d   Mei, Nan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND DRUG CONTROL   (China)

^d ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ALOIN; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADSORPTION; ALOE VERA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DECOLORIZATION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; INDUCED MUTATION; LYMPHOMA; MITOSIS; MOUSE; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ALOE VERA;

EID: 84907991341     PISSN: 2045452X     EISSN: 20454538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4tx00053f     Document Type: Article

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