Anticlastogenic effects of Hibiscus sabdariffa fruits against sodium arsenite-induced micronuclei formation in erythrocytes in mouse bone marrow

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 862-864

  Adetutu, A ^a   Odunola, O A ^b   Owoade, O A ^a   Adeleke, O A ^c   Amuda, O S ^d  

^a LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d Dept of Puse and Applied Biology   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anticlastogenicity; Hibiscus sabdariffa fruit extract; Micronucleated polychromatic erythrocytes; Sodium arsenite

Indexed keywords

ARSENITE SODIUM; CLASTOGEN; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FRUIT; GIEMSA STAIN; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ARSENITES; BONE MARROW CELLS; ERYTHROCYTES; FRUIT; HIBISCUS; MALE; MICE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANIMALIA; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA;

EID: 9644302370     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1554     Document Type: Article

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