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| de Almeida,Pedro Marcos; de Sousa Araújo,Silvany; Marin-Morales,Maria Aparecida; Benko-Iseppon,Ana Maria; Brasileiro-Vidal,Ana Christina. |
| Jatropha gossypiifolia L. (Euphorbiaceae), popularly known as cotton-leaf physicnut, is a milky shrub notable for its medicinal properties. The present study aimed to evaluate the toxic, cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of the latex of J. gossypiifolia, using Allium cepa L. as test system. Seeds of A. cepa were exposed to five concentrations of the latex (1.25; 2.5; 5; 10 and 20 mL/L) in order to evaluate parameters of toxicity (evaluation of root growth), cytotoxicity (mitotic index frequency) and genotoxicity (frequency of chromosome alterations). The latex showed a significant decrease in root mean growth value as well as mitotic index for the tested concentrations, except for 1.25 mL/L, when compared to results from the negative control. The 1.25, 2.5... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Allium cepa test; Medicinal plant; Plant latex; Genotoxicity evaluation. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572015000100093 |
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| SOUSA,WENDEL C. DE; T.S. PAZ,ANDRESSA; ROCHA,JAMIRA D.; CONCEIÇÃO,EDEMILSON C. DA; ALMEIDA,LUCIANE M. DE; CHEN,LEE C.; BORGES,LEONARDO L.; BAILÃO,ELISA F.L.C.. |
| ABSTRACT Costus spiralis is a Brazilian native plant used in popular medicine, but the safety of this therapeutic use needs investigation. So, the aim of this study was to evaluate the cytogenotoxic and antigenotoxic effects of C. spiralis leaves or stems aqueous extracts on Allium cepa root cells. Moreover, a phytochemical screening and an antioxidant and antifungal activities evaluation were performed. C. spiralis aqueous extracts presented cytotoxicity, but no mutagenicity was observed. When the antigenotoxicity was evaluated, C. spiralis leaves aqueous extract presented preventive and modulatory effects on A. cepa root cells, reducing the sodium azide cytogenotoxic effects. In contrast, C. spiralis stems aqueous extract enhanced the sodium azide... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Allium cepa test; Antioxidant; Medicinal plant; Secondary metabolites. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652018000401565 |
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| Araújo, José Rafael Silva; Costa, Maria Wlly da Silva; Oliveira, Wallace Baldez; Cavalcante, Reginaldo Roris; Almeida, Pedro Marcos; Martins, Francielle Alline. |
| The present study aimed to evaluate the larvicidal effect of aqueous leaf extract from Jatropha mollissima on the larvae of Aedes aegypti and analyze its cytotoxic and genotoxic activity in the Allium cepa test. Larvae of the mosquito were exposed to the negative and positive controls (distilled water and diflubenzuron, 0.003 mg mL-1, respectively) and to leaf extract concentrations of 0.001, 0.005, 0.01, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06, 0.08 and 0.1 mg mL-1. The mortality rate was evaluated every 24 hours over five days. For the cytotoxic and genotoxic analyses, roots of A. cepa were exposed to the negative (distilled water) and positive control (trifluralin, 0.84 ppm) and to different leaf extract concentrations (0.01, 0.1, 1 and 10 mg mL-1) for 24 hours. The... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Aedes aegypti; Allium cepa test; Chromosome alterations; Medicinal plant.. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/34501 |
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