Evaluation of extracts from Coccoloba mollis using the Salmonella/microsome system and in vivo tests

Evaluation of extracts from Coccoloba mollis using the Salmonella/microsome system and in vivo tests

The common everyday use of medicinal plants is an ancient, and still very widespread practice, whereby the need for studies on their possible toxicity and mutagenic properties. The species Coccoloba mollis has been much used in phytotherapy, mainly in cases involving loss of memory and stress. In or...

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Main Authors: Marcela Stefanini Tsuboy, Juliana Cristina Marcarini, Dalva Trevisan Ferreira, Elisa Raquel Anastácio Ferraz, Farah Maria Drumond Chequer, Danielle Palma de Oliveira, Lúcia Regina Ribeiro, Mário Sérgio Mantovani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2010-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Subjects:
medicinal plants
Coccoloba mollis
Ames test
in vivo comet assay
in vivo micronucleus assay
Polygonaceae
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