Evaluation of the genotoxic potential of the Hypericum brasiliense (Guttiferae) extract in mammalian cell system in vivo
Plants of the genus Hypericum, long used in folk medicine, contain active compounds which present, anti-septic, diuretic, digestive, expectorant, vermifugal, anti-depressive and other properties. The possible clastogenic effect of a H. brasiliense extract was tested in vivo on the bone marrow cells...
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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
2005-03-01
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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=S1415-47572005000100026 |