Mechanism of antimutagenicity of aquatic plant extracts against benzo[a]pyrene in the Salmonella assay.

doi:10.1016/0165-1218(90)90026-x

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Mechanism of antimutagenicity of aquatic plant extracts against benzo[a]pyrene in the Salmonella assay.

Mutation research - 1 Jul 1990

Sato T, Ose Y, Nagase H, Kito H

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The mechanism of antimutagenicity of water extracts of grass-wrack pondweed (Potamogeton oxyphylus Miquel), curled pondweed (Potamogeton crispus L.) and smartweed (Polygonum hydropiper L.) towards benzo[a]pyrene mutagenicity in Salmonella typhimurium was investigated. The antimutagenic components...

Topics

Benzo(a)pyrene
Fresh Water
Mutagenicity Tests
Mutation
Plant Extracts
Salmonella typhimurium

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