Ethnopharmacological use of Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf and Cymbopogon schoenanthus (L.) Spreng.: Anti-inflammatory potential of phenol-rich extracts
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Cytogenotoxicity of Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf (lemon grass) aqueous extracts in vegetal test systems.
The lemon grass, Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf, is an important species of Poaceae family commonly used in the folk medicine in many countries. The aim of this study was to investigate the cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of aqueous extracts from C. citratus leaves on Lactuca sativa (lettuce) root tip meristem cells by cytogenetic studies that have never been done before for lemon grass extract...
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عنوان ژورنال: Porto Biomedical Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2444-8664
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbj.2017.07.099