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| Carvalho,Natália Cassettari de; Corrêa-Angeloni,Maria Júlia Frydberg; Leffa,Daniela Dimer; Moreira,Jeverson; Nicolau,Vanessa; Amaral,Patrícia de Aguiar; Rossatto,Ângela Erna; Andrade,Vanessa Moraes de. |
| Melissa officinalis (L.) (Lamiaceae), a plant known as the lemon balm, is native to the east Mediterranean region and west Asia. Also found in tropical countries, such as Brazil, where it is popularly known as "erva-cidreira" or "melissa", it is widely used in aqueous- or alcoholic-extract form in the treatment of various disorders. The aim was to investigate in vivo its antigenotoxicity and antimutagenicity, as well as its genotoxic/mutagenic potential through comet and micronucleus assaying. CF-1 male mice were treated with ethanolic (Mo-EE) (250 or 500 mg/kg) or aqueous (Mo-AE) (100 mg/kg) solutions of an M. officinalis extract for 2 weeks, prior to treatment with saline or Methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) doses by intraperitoneal injection. Irrespective... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Melissa officinalis; Comet assay; Micronucleus test; Genotoxicity; Antigenotoxicity. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572011000200021 |
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