Toxicity evaluation of water extract of tissue-cultured Taraxacum formosanum by acute, subacute administration, and Ames test

Background: Taraxacum species (commonly known as dandelion) used as herbal medicine have been reported to exhibit an antiproliferative effect on hepatoma cells and antitumor activity in non-small-cell lung cancer cells. Although several investigations have demonstrated the safety of Taraxacum offici...

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Main Authors: Wen-Che Tsai, Hung-Chi Chang, Yi-Han Tseng, Hsin-Yi Yin, Jiunn-Wang Liao, Dinesh Chandra Agrawal, Hsiao-Wei Wen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-05-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0717345820300154