Genotoxicity of Euphorbia hirta: an Allium cepa assay

• Main Authors: Kwan, Yuet Ping, Ibrahim, Darah, Yusuf, Umi Kalsom, Chen, Yeng, Sreenivasan, Sasidharan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2012
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77988/1/77988.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77988/; https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/17/7/7782
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The potential genotoxic effects of methanolic extracts of Euphorbia hirta which is commonly used in traditional medicine to treat a variety of diseased conditions including asthma, coughs, diarrhea and dysentery was investigated using Allium cepa assay. The extracts of 125, 250, 500 and 1,000 µg/mL...