Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters (한국미생물·생명공학회지)
- Volume 24 Issue 1
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- Pages.105-110
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- 1996
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- 1598-642X(pISSN)
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- 2234-7305(eISSN)
Effect of Mugwort Extract on the in vitro Mutagenicity, Desmutagenicity.
쑥 추춤물의 항돌연변이 활성효과
- Lee, Sung (Korea Food Research Institute) ;
- Kwon, Dong-Jin (Korea Food Research Institute) ;
- Yoo, Jin-Young (Korea Food Research Institute) ;
- Chung, Dong-Hyo (Dept. of Food Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University)
- Published : 1996.02.01
Abstract
Mugwort has been known as a traditional substitutive foodstuff and as showing a physiologically beneficial function to a human being. Therefore, effect of mugwort extract in terms of mutagenicity and desmutagenicity was investigated to berify its function. Ethanol extract from mugwort did not exhibit any mutagenicity. On the contrary, inhibitory effects of the ethanol extract were observed on mutagenicity induced by aflatoxin
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