Effects of artichoke (Cynara scolymus) leaf and bloom head extracts on chemically induced DNA lesions in Drosophila melanogaster

The genotoxicity of bloom head (BHE) and leaf (LE) extracts from artichoke (Cynara scolymus L.), and their ability to modulate the mutagenicity and recombinogenicity of two alkylating agents (ethyl methanesulfonate - EMS and mitomycin C - MMC) and the intercalating agent bleomycin (BLM), were examin...

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Main Authors: Laura Vicedo Jacociunas, Rafael Rodrigues Dihl, Mauricio Lehmann, Alexandre de Barros Falcão Ferraz, Marc François Richter, Juliana da Silva, Heloísa Helena Rodrigues de Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2014-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572014000100015&lng=en&tlng=en