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Antimutagenic activity of extracts of leaves of four common edible vegetable plants in Nigeria (west Africa).
Mutation research - 1 Jun 1993
Obaseiki-Ebor E E, Odukoya K, Telikepalli H, Mitscher L A, Shankel D M
Abstract excerpt
Organic solvent extracts of leaves of 4 common edible vegetable plants--Bryophyllum pinnatum, Dialium guincense, Ocimum gratissimum and Vernonia amygdalina--had inhibitory activity for His- to His+ reverse-mutations induced by ethyl methanesulfonate acting on Salmonella typhimurium TA100. The concentrated ethyl acetate, methanol and petroleum ether extracts were heat-stable when dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide....
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