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Genotoxicity of Turnera subulata and Spondias mombin × Spondias tuberosa Extracts from Brazilian Caatinga Biome.
Journal of medicinal food - 1 Apr 2018
Senes-Lopes Tiago Felipe, López Jorge Alberto, do Amaral Viviane Souza, Brandão-Neto José, de Rezende Adriana Augusto, da Luz Jefferson Romáryo Duarte, Guterres Zaira da Rosa, Almeida Maria das Graças
Abstract excerpt
Medicinal plants have been used in primary healthcare since the earliest days of humankind. Turnera subulata and Spondias mombin × Spondias tuberosa are widely used in the Brazilian Northeast to treat several diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the genotoxic effects of the leaf extracts of these species by the somatic mutation and recombination test in the somatic cells of Drosophila melanogaster...
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