Antidiabetic activity of Annona crassiflora (Annonaceae)
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Genotoxicity investigation of araticum(Annona crassiflora Mart., 1841, Annonaceae) using SOS-Inductest and Ames test.
Although the use of medicinal plants or natural products has increased in recent decades all over the world, little information is available on their potential risk to health. Annona crassiflora Mart., a plant commonly known as araticum in Brazil, has been widely used in folk medicine for a long time since its seeds and leaves are often utilised in the treatment of cancer, snake bites, and vene...
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عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1996-0816
DOI: 10.5897/ajpp2015.4448