Clastogenic effects of dietary supplement--Spirulina alga, and some medicinal plant products from Boswellia serrata, Withania somnifera on mice.
Pretreatment of aqueous extracts of Zyrulina (Spirulina), Aswagandha (Withania) and Nopane (Boswellia) on colchicine induced chromosome damage showed weakness of clastogenic activity in Swiss albino mice. None of the treatments increased significantly the number of chromosome aberrations.
Ghoshal
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Centre of Advanced Study in Cell and Chromosome Research, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
Mukhopadhyay
M J
MJ
Mukherjee
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D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D029743:Boswellia / Q000737:chemistry*; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000187:drug effects*; D019587:Dietary Supplements / Q000633:toxicity*; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000737:chemistry*; D051379:Mice; D016296:Mutagenesis / Q000187:drug effects; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009153:Mutagens / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000633:toxicity*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000633:toxicity; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000633:toxicity*; D053545:Spirulina
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D009153:Mutagens; D010936:Plant Extracts