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Evaluation of the role of the antioxidant silymarin in modulating the in vivo genotoxicity of the antiviral drug ribavirin in mice.
Mutation research - 15 Apr 2013
Noshy Magda M, Hussien Nahed A, El-Ghor Akmal A
Abstract excerpt
Ribavirin (1-β-d-ribofuranosyl-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide) is a widely used broad-spectrum antiviral drug. Recently, several reports revealed genotoxic effects of ribavirin in vivo and in vitro, which were correlated with the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). This study aimed to evaluate the genotoxicity of ribavirin and to investigate the role of the natural antioxidant silymarin to modulate this...
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