ANTIMUTAGENIC POTENTIAL OF AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF PEELS OF TUBERS OF Chlorophytum borivilianum SANTAPAU AND FERNANDES

Authors

  • RAJINDER KAUR GILL Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar- 143005, Punjab, India
  • SAROJ ARORA Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar- 143005, Punjab, India
  • A.K. THUKRAL Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar- 143005, Punjab, India

Keywords:

Chlorophytum borivilianum, Ames assay, mutations, antimutagens, S9.

Abstract

The present study was conducted to evaluate the antimutagenic properties of aqueous extract of peels of tubers of Chlorophytum borivilianum which are normally considered as wastes. The antimutagenic activity of an aqueous peel extract was evaluated by employing Ames assay commonly called as plate incorporation assay. Ames assay was conducted in two modes i.e. co-incubation and pre-incubation with and without metabolic activation system (S9) by taking strains of Salmonella typhimurium (TA98 and TA100). The aqueous peels extract showed statistically significant decrease in mutation frequency in both the strains against all the mutagens used in the experiments.

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31.03.2015

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RAJINDER KAUR GILL, SAROJ ARORA, & A.K. THUKRAL. (2015). ANTIMUTAGENIC POTENTIAL OF AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF PEELS OF TUBERS OF Chlorophytum borivilianum SANTAPAU AND FERNANDES. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 6(1), 836–842. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/3954

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Volume 6, Issue 1, 2015

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