Genotoxicity and mutagenicity of Echinodorus macrophyllus (chapéu-de-couro) extracts
Echinodorus macrophyllus, commonly known as chapéu-de-couro, is a medicinal plant used in folk medicine to treat inflammation and rheumatic diseases. In this work, we used short-term bacterial assays based on the induction of SOS functions to examine the genotoxicity and mutagenicity of an aqueous e...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Genetics and Molecular Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572010000300028 |