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Antimutagenic activity of β-carotene

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Data are presented on the ability of synthetic β-carotene to reduce the level of cyclophosphane-induced chromosome aberrations in murine bone marrow cells. InSalmonella typhimurium cells β-carotene exhibits antimutagenic activity only against an indirect mutagen (2-acetylaminofluorene).

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  1. Research Institute of Experimental Diagnosis and Therapy of Tumors, Oncology Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow

    V. M. Khabibulina, S. A. Korostelev, O. B. Drize & M. A. Shlyankevich

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  1. V. M. Khabibulina
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  2. S. A. Korostelev
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Translated fromByulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 120, No 9, pp. 276–278, September, 1995

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Khabibulina, V.M., Korostelev, S.A., Drize, O.B. et al. Antimutagenic activity of β-carotene. Bull Exp Biol Med 120, 915–917 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02445016

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