Genotoxicity of Euphorbia hirta: an Allium cepa assay

The potential genotoxic effects of methanolic extracts of Euphorbia hirta which is commonly used in traditional medicine to treat a variety of diseased conditions including asthma, coughs, diarrhea and dysentery was investigated using Allium cepa assay. The extracts of 125, 250, 500 and 1,000 µg/mL...

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Main Authors: Kwan, Yuet Ping, Ibrahim, Darah, Yusuf, Umi Kalsom, Chen, Yeng, Sreenivasan, Sasidharan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77988/1/77988.pdf