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| Malini,Maressa; Marin-Morales,Maria Aparecida; Mantovani,Mário Sérgio; Jamal,Claudia Masrouah; Nati,Natália; Passos,Tatiane da Silva; Matsumoto,Silvia Tamie. |
| An aqueous extract of Rhizophora mangle L. bark is used as raw material in pottery making in the State of Espirito Santo, Brazil. This extract presents large quantities of tannins, compounds possessing antioxidant properties. Tannin antioxidant activity, as a plant chemical defense mechanism in the process of stabilizing free radicals, has been an incentive to studies on anti-mutagenicity. The present work aimed to evaluate possible antimutagenic activity of a R. mangle aqueous extract, using the Allium cepa test-system and micronuclear (MN) assay with blockage of cytokinesis in Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO-K1). The Allium cepa test-system indicated antimutagenic activity against the damage induced by the mutagenic agent methyl methanesulfonate. A... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Rhizophora mangle; Antimutagenicity; Allium cepa; CHO-K1. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572010000100029 |
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