Acute Toxicity and Genotoxic Activity of Avocado Seed Extract (Persea americana Mill., c.v. Hass)
Joint Authors
Padilla-Camberos, Eduardo
Martínez-Velázquez, Moisés
Flores-Fernández, José Miguel
Villanueva, Socorro
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-11-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
The use of vegetal extracts requires toxicological and genotoxic evaluations to establish and verify safety before being added to human cosmetic, pharmaceutical medicine, or alimentary products.
Persea americana seeds have been used in traditional medicine as treatment for several diseases.
In this work, the ethanolic seed extract of Persea americana was evaluated with respect to its genotoxic potential through micronucleus assay in rodents.
The frequency of micronuclei in groups of animals treated with avocado seed extract showed no differences compared to the negative control (vehicle); therefore, it is considered that the avocado seed extract showed no genotoxic activity in the micronucleus test.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Padilla-Camberos, Eduardo& Martínez-Velázquez, Moisés& Flores-Fernández, José Miguel& Villanueva, Socorro. 2013. Acute Toxicity and Genotoxic Activity of Avocado Seed Extract (Persea americana Mill., c.v. Hass). The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1011762
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Padilla-Camberos, Eduardo…[et al.]. Acute Toxicity and Genotoxic Activity of Avocado Seed Extract (Persea americana Mill., c.v. Hass). The Scientific World Journal No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1011762
American Medical Association (AMA)
Padilla-Camberos, Eduardo& Martínez-Velázquez, Moisés& Flores-Fernández, José Miguel& Villanueva, Socorro. Acute Toxicity and Genotoxic Activity of Avocado Seed Extract (Persea americana Mill., c.v. Hass). The Scientific World Journal. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1011762
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1011762