Genotoxicity of plant extracts
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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86(supl.2): 67-70, 1991. tab
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Aqueous extracts of seven species used in Brazilian popular medicine (Achyrocline satureoides, Iodina rhombifolia, Desmodium incanum, Baccharis anomala, Tibouchina asperior, Luehea divaricata, Maytenus ilicifolia) were screened to the presence of mutagenic activity in the Ames test (Salmonella/microsome). Positive results were obtained for A. satureoides, B anomala and L. divaricata with microsomal activation. As shown elsewhere (Vargas et al., 1990) the metabolites of A. satureoides extract also show the capacity to induce prophage and/or SOS response in microscreen phage induction assay and SOS spot chromotest.
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Main subject:
Salmonella typhimurium
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Virus Activation
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SOS Response, Genetics
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Microsomes, Liver
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Plant Extracts
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Mutagens
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
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Parasitology
Year:
1991
Type:
Article
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Congress and conference
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Secretaria da Saúde do Meio Ambiente/BR
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UFRGS/BR
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