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Antimutagenic activity of extracts of natural substances in the Salmonella/microsome assay.
Mutagenesis - 1 Mar 2003
Horn Rubem Cesar, Vargas Vera Maria Ferrão
Abstract excerpt
Scientific information regarding plants used in folk medicine in the form of teas and their effect on human health or on genetic material has been the subject of many different types of investigation. The antimutagenic activity of two plants Maytenus ilicifolia and Peltastes peltatus, both rich in compounds of the flavonoid and tannin groups and frequently employed in folk medicine, was studied. Antimutagenicity...
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