Genotoxic evaluation of the effect of Thuya occidentalys tinctures

Three tinctures samples from extracts of the popular medicinal plant Thuya occidentalis were tested in vitro through two short term tests for measuring the activity of genotoxic chemicals. Using the Salmonella/mammalian-microsome (Mutatest) assay and the SOS-chromotest (induction of beta-galactosidase in Escherichia coli), none of the extract was effective in inducing mutagenesis or beta-galactosidase synthesis (as an indicator of general and early sign of DNA damage), even with metabolization.

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Main Authors: VALSA,J. O., FELZENSZWALB,I.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia 2001
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-710820010002000172001-08-16Genotoxic evaluation of the effect of Thuya occidentalys tincturesVALSA,J. O.FELZENSZWALB,I. Thuya occidentalis Salmonella/mammalian-microsome assay SOS-chromotest popular medicine Three tinctures samples from extracts of the popular medicinal plant Thuya occidentalis were tested in vitro through two short term tests for measuring the activity of genotoxic chemicals. Using the Salmonella/mammalian-microsome (Mutatest) assay and the SOS-chromotest (induction of beta-galactosidase in Escherichia coli), none of the extract was effective in inducing mutagenesis or beta-galactosidase synthesis (as an indicator of general and early sign of DNA damage), even with metabolization.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessInstituto Internacional de EcologiaRevista Brasileira de Biologia v.61 n.2 20012001-05-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71082001000200017en10.1590/S0034-71082001000200017
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Genotoxic evaluation of the effect of Thuya occidentalys tinctures
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title Genotoxic evaluation of the effect of Thuya occidentalys tinctures
title_short Genotoxic evaluation of the effect of Thuya occidentalys tinctures
title_full Genotoxic evaluation of the effect of Thuya occidentalys tinctures
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title_full_unstemmed Genotoxic evaluation of the effect of Thuya occidentalys tinctures
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description Three tinctures samples from extracts of the popular medicinal plant Thuya occidentalis were tested in vitro through two short term tests for measuring the activity of genotoxic chemicals. Using the Salmonella/mammalian-microsome (Mutatest) assay and the SOS-chromotest (induction of beta-galactosidase in Escherichia coli), none of the extract was effective in inducing mutagenesis or beta-galactosidase synthesis (as an indicator of general and early sign of DNA damage), even with metabolization.
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