Loading publication...

Noodle always counts identifier-free feature events for service operation. With your permission, Google Analytics can also estimate audience and engagement. Search text, publication identifiers, cookies, IP addresses and browser fingerprints are never included in Noodle's first-party event counters.

Privacy details

Article

Cassia senna inhibits mutagenic activities of benzo[a]-pyrene, aflatoxin B1, shamma and methyl methanesulfonate.

Pharmacology & toxicology - 1 Oct 1995

al-Dakan A A, al-Tuffail M, Hannan M A

Abstract excerpt

Ethanol extract of Senokot tablets (Cassia senna concentrate used as vegetable laxative), was found to be non-mutagenic while it inhibited the mutagenicity of benzo[a]pyrene, shamma, aflatoxin B1 and methyl methanesulfonate in the Ames histidine reversion assay using the Salmonella typhimurium te...

Topics

Aflatoxin B1
Benzo(a)pyrene
Biotransformation
Cathartics
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Histidine
Methyl Methanesulfonate
Mutagenicity Tests
Mutation
Salmonella typhimurium
Senna Extract

Methodology Data sources Editorial policy Privacy About Contact Helena Bioinformatics

Source

Identifiers

PMID: 8577642
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1995.tb01029.x

Provenance

PubMed metadata and Literature Corpus relationships. Corpus snapshot updated 30 Aug 2026. Prepared record publication-8577642-2026-08-30.1. Manifest publication-graph-cohort-2026-08-30.1.

Source receipt: PubMed via Helena Literature Corpus, retrieved 30 Aug 2026.

Community interpretation

Discuss the evidence

Ask a question, add context or challenge an interpretation. Community activity is separate from scientific evidence strength.

0

discussions

0

replies

Citations encouraged

Claims remain attributable.

No discussion yet

Be the first to add a careful, cited interpretation.

Related research

Semantic proximity does not establish scientific evidence.

Research trail→

Click a neighbor to travelStep 1 · 11 closest

Cassia senna inhibits mutagenic activities of benzo[a]-pyrene, aflatoxin B1, shamma and methyl methanesulfonate.PMID 8577642Read ↗

Genotoxicity of 'shamma', a chewing material suspected of causing oral cancer in Saudi Arabia.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Evaluation of genotoxicity of N-nitrosodibenzylamine in Chinese hamster V79 cells and in Salmonella.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Antimutagenic effect of phenolic acids.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Antimutagenicity of herbal detoxification formula Smoke Shield against environmental mutagens.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Screening for agents inhibiting the mutagenicity of extracts and constituents of tobacco products.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Antimutagenic activity of some saponins isolated from Calendula officinalis L., C. arvensis L. and Hedera helix L.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Evaluation of the mutagenicity of 'pan masala', a chewing substitute widely used in India.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Mutagenicities of xanthone derivatives in Salmonella typhimurium TA100, TA98, TA97, and TA2637.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Antimutagenicity of polyphenol-rich fractions from Sorghum bicolor grainSemantic proximity Read ↗

Antimutagenic effects of mushrooms.Semantic proximity Read ↗

[The mutagenic activity of coal tar].Semantic proximity Read ↗

⌁Select a neighboring publication to make it the new centre.