RAQUEL ALVES DOS SANTOS1, TERESINHA ROSA CABRAL2, ISABEL ROSA CABRAL2, LUSÂNIA MARIA GREGGI ANTUNES3,4, CRISTIANE PONTES ANDRADE3, PLÍNIO CERQUEIRA DOS SANTOS CARDOSO1, MARCELO DE OLIVEIRA BAHIA2, CLAUDIA PESSOA5, JOSÉ LUIS MARTINS DO NASCIMENTO2, ROMMEL RODRÍGUEZ BURBANO2, CATARINA SATIE TAKAHASHI1,6
BIOCELL, Vol.32, No.2, pp. 195-200, 2008, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2008.32.195
Abstract Physalis angulata L (Solanaceae) is a medicinal plant from North of Brazil, whose different extracts and infusions are commonly used in the popular medicine for the treatment of malaria, asthma, hepatitis, dermatitis and rheumatism. However, the genotoxic effects of P. angulata on human cells is not well known. The main purpose of the present study was to evaluate the in vitro genotoxic effects of aqueous extract of P. angulata using the comet assay and the micronucleus assay in human lymphocytes provided from 6 healthy donors. Treatments with P. angulata extracts were performed in vitro in order to access the extent of More >
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