Mutagenicity and antimutagenicity of (−)-hinokinin a trypanosomicidal compound measured by <it>Salmonella</it> microsome and comet assays
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The dibenzylbutyrolactone lignan (−)-hinokinin (HK) was derived by partial synthesis from (−)-cubebin, isolated from the dry seeds of the pepper, <it>Piper cubeba</it>. Considering the good trypanosomicidal activity of HK...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-10-01
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Series: | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/12/203 |