Mutagenicity of comfrey (Symphytum Officinale) in rat liver

Comfrey is a rat liver toxin and carcinogen that has been used as a vegetable and herbal remedy by humans. In order to evaluate the mechanisms underlying its carcinogenicity, we examined the mutagenicity of comfrey in the transgenic Big Blue rat model. Our results indicate that comfrey is mutagenic...

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Autores principales: Mei, N, Guo, L, Fu, P P, Heflich, R H, Chen, T
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2005
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2361893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15726100
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6602420

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2361893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15726100
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6602420

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