No clastogenic activity of Caesalpinia ferrea Mart. (Leguminosae) extract on bone marrow cells of Wistar rats

Extracts of the fruits of Caesalpinia ferrea Mart. (Leguminosae) are widely consumed in folkloric medicine in Brazil and several other countries without any genetic toxicity evaluation. In this study we investigated, the clastogenic and cytotoxic potential of the crude aqueous extract of the fruits...

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Main Authors: Andréa Bêcco de Souza, Lilian Mara Silva Souza, José Carlos Tavares Carvalho, Edson Luis Maistro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2006-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572006000200028