Genotoxic and mutagenic effects of guarana (Paullinia cupana) in prokaryotic organisms.

doi:10.1016/0165-1218(94)90041-8

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Genotoxic and mutagenic effects of guarana (Paullinia cupana) in prokaryotic organisms.

Mutation research - 1 May 1994

da Fonseca C A, Leal J, Costa S S, Leitão A C

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Aqueous extracts of Paullinia cupana (guarana), a species that belongs to the Sapindaceae family, were analyzed for the presence of genotoxic activities in bacterial cells. The extracts of guarana were genotoxic as assessed by lysogenic induction in Escherichia coli and they were also able to ind...

Topics

Caffeine
Catalase
Catechin
Escherichia coli
Microsomes, Liver
Mutagenicity Tests
Mutation
Plant Extracts
Plants, Medicinal
Potassium
Salmonella typhimurium
Superoxide Dismutase
Virus Activation

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