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Provedor de dados: | 42
País: | Brazil
Título: | Cytogenotoxicity of Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf (lemon grass) aqueous extracts in vegetal test systems
Autores: | Sousa,Saulo M.; Silva,Pâmela S.; Viccini,Lyderson F.
Data: | 2010-06-01
Ano: | 2010
Palavras-chave: | Aqueous extract; Cybopogon citratus; Cytotoxic effect; Genotoxic effect; Lactuca sativa.
Resumo: | The lemon grass, Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf, is an important species of Poaceae family commonly used in the folk medicine in many countries. The aim of this study was to investigate the cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of aqueous extracts from C. citratus leaves on Lactuca sativa (lettuce) root tip meristem cells by cytogenetic studies that have never been done before for lemon grass extracts. For this, lettuce seeds were treated for 72h with different concentrations of lemon grass aqueous extracts (5; 10; 20 and 30 mg/mL). The percentage of germination, root development and cellular behavior were analyzed, and the results showed that the highest concentration of aqueous extracts reduced the mitotic index, the seed germination and the root development of lettuce. The extracts have also induced chromosome aberrations and cellular death in the roots cells of L. sativa.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652010000200006
Editor: | Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Relação: | 10.1590/S0001-37652010000200006
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências  v.82 n.2 2010
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess