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A phytotherapeutic extract of Equisetum myriochaetum is not genotoxic either in the in vivo wing somatic test of Drosophila or in the in vitro human micronucleus test.
Journal of ethnopharmacology - 20 Apr 2007
Téllez María Guadalupe Ordaz, Rodríguez Horacio Bárcenas, Olivares Guillermo Quevedo, Sortibrán América Nitxin Castañeda, Cetto Adolfo Andrade, Rodríguez-Arnaiz Rosario
Abstract excerpt
Equisetum myriochaetum is a Mexican plant used in folk medicine to treat kidney diseases and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The main constituents of the phytoextract are flavonol glycosides (kaempferol), phytoesterols and carbohydrates. In this study, phytotherapeutic extracts from Equisetum myriochaetum were investigated for genotoxicity in the in vivo wing spot test in Drosophila melanogaster and in the in vitro...
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