IS MAN HELPLESS AGAINST CANCER - AN ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACH - ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS FROM EGYPTIAN FOOD AND MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS

被引:11
作者
BADRIA, FA [1 ]
机构
[1] MANSOURA UNIV,FAC PHARM,DEPT PHARMACOGNOSY,MANSOURA 35511,EGYPT
关键词
ANTIMUTAGENICITY; EGYPTIAN FOOD; HOST-MEDIATED ASSAY;
D O I
10.1016/0304-3835(94)90351-4
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 [肿瘤学];
摘要
Sixty-two Egyptian food and medicinal preparations were extensively examined for antimutagenic/anticarcinogenic activity using short-term and host-mediated assays. The antimutagenic activity of the substances examined was ranked as follows: thirteen (strong), seven (mild) and five (weak) after metabolic activation. Metabolic activation seems to be necessary for most antimutagenic substances in this study, e.g. radish inhibits 29% of mutagenicity produced in direct antimutagenic assay and inhibits 89% of mutagenicity induced in host-mediated assay.
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