In vitro risk assessment of usnic acid

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 468-475

  Polat, Zühal ^a   Aydln, Elanur ^a   Türkez, Hasan ^b   Aslan, Ali ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERZURUM TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

chromosome aberration test; genotoxicity; Human lymphocytes; micronucleus assay; oxidative status; usnic acid

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN; USNIC ACID; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ASSAY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOTAL ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY; TOTAL OXIDATIVE STATUS; CELL CULTURE; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECTS; LICHEN (ORGANISM); TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BENZOFURANS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; LICHENS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961245512     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233713504811     Document Type: Article

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