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Modulation by flavonoids of the effects of a food mutagen in different thalassaemia genotypes in the Comet assay.
Teratogenesis, carcinogenesis, and mutagenesis - 1 Jan 2003
Ruf Afruj Ali, Webb John, Anderson Diana
Abstract excerpt
Thalassaemia is an inherited group of disorders caused by a reduction or total absence of one or more of the globin chains of the haemoglobin molecule. It has been shown that lymphocytes isolated from a sickle/beta thal double heterozygote-sickle phenotype patient showed increased sensitivity to the dietary food mutagen 3-amino-1-methyl-5H-pyridol(4,3-b)indole (Trp-P-2) when compared to the control. Furthermore,...
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