Medicinal plants

Antimutagenicity and antigenotoxicity of Aloe arborescens Miller and Aloe barbadensis Miller in Aspergillus nidulans and Wistar rats

A. P. Berti, Palioto, G. F., Rocha, C. L. M. S. C., Berti, A. P., Palioto, G. F., and Rocha, C. L. M. S. C., Antimutagenicity and antigenotoxicity of Aloe arborescens Miller and Aloe barbadensis Miller in Aspergillus nidulans and Wistar rats, vol. 15, p. -, 2016.

Medicinal plants such as Aloe arborescens Miller and Aloe barbadensis Miller are used by the general population to treat various diseases. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the antimutagenicity of these two species using a methG1 system in Aspergillus nidulans and the comet assay in rats. The animals were treated with the plants at concentrations of 360 and 720 mg/kg body weight (1 and 2, respectively) by gavage for 14 days, followed by the administration of etoposide on treatment day 8.

Genetic diversity of Lippia sidoides Cham. and L. gracilis Schauer germplasm

C. P. Santos, Pinheiro, J. B., Zucchi, M. I., Bajay, M. M., Campos, J. B., Arrigoni-Blank, M. F., Pinto, J. A. O., Blank, A. F., Santos, C. P., Pinheiro, J. B., Zucchi, M. I., Bajay, M. M., Campos, J. B., Arrigoni-Blank, M. F., Pinto, J. A. O., and Blank, A. F., Genetic diversity of Lippia sidoides Cham. and L. gracilis Schauer germplasm, vol. 15, p. -, 2016.

The conservation of plants in germplasm banks ensures the characterization and availability of these resources for future generations. The present study used DNA markers to obtain genetic information about germplasm collections of Lippia sidoides and L. gracilis, which are maintained in an Active Germplasm Bank (AGB). Genetic variability of samples in the AGB was assessed using 12 combinations of amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) primers (EcoRI/MseI). Twenty simple sequence repeat primers designed for L.

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