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Modulatory effects of Duguetia furfuracea (A. St. Hil) Benth. and Hook. f. in Drosophila melanogaster somatic and germinative cells.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 18 Jan 2011
Coelho L S, Felicio L P, Miranda C T, da Silva E M, Vale C R, Lima D C S, Duarte S R, Ferreira H D, Chen Chen L, Carvalho S
Abstract excerpt
Mutagenic and antimutagenic activities of the medicinal plant Duguetia furfuracea were assessed using SMART/wing and ring-X-loss tests. For the ring-X-loss test, 2- to 3-day-old Drosophila melanogaster ring-X-lineage males and virgin ywsn³ females received D. furfuracea infusion at doses of 0.085, 0.042, or 0.014 g/mL for 24 h. We found that D. furfuracea did not produce any mutagenic effects in D. melanogaster...
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