Evaluation of the antigenotoxic effects of the royal sun mushroom, agaricus brasiliensis (Higher basidiomycetes) in human lymphocytes treated with thymol in the comet assay

International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 321-330

  Radaković, Milena ^a   Djelic, Ninoslav ^a   Stevanović, Jevrosima ^a   Soković, Marina ^b   Radović, Dejan ^b   Van Griensven, Leo J L D ^c   Stanimirović, Zoran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agaricus brasiliensis; Comet assay; Human lymphocytes; Medicinal mushrooms; Quercetin; Thymol

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS BRASILIENSIS EXTRACT; FUNGAL EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIGENOTOXIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL VIABILITY; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG ACTIVITY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; AGARICUS; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE;

AGARICUS BRASILIENSIS; BASIDIOMYCOTA;

ADULT; AGARICUS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MUTAGENS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; THYMOL;

EID: 84932179539     PISSN: 15219437     EISSN: 19404344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.v17.i4.10     Document Type: Article

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