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Evaluation of a water extract of So-Cheong-Ryong-Tang for acute toxicity and genotoxicity using in vitro and in vivo tests.
BMC complementary and alternative medicine - 16 Jul 2015
Lee Mee-Young, Seo Chang-Sebo, Kim Ji-Young, Shin Hyeun-Kyoo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: So-Cheong-Ryong-Tang, a traditional Korean medicine, has been used empirically for the treatment of asthma, allergic rhinitis, and colds for hundreds of years. However, its genotoxicity has been rarely examined. METHODS: We therefore investigated the genotoxicity of an aqueous extract of So-Cheong-Ryong-Tang (SCRT) in two in vitro and one in vivo assays: a bacterial reverse mutation assay (Ames test),...
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