Abstract
Three major sesquiterpene lactones: eriflorin methacrylate (EM), erioflorin acetate (EA), and ovatifolin acetate (OA) have been isolated from neutral extracts of Podanthus ovatifolius, and all of them have been shown to exhibit antineoplastic properties as tested in standard KB human epidermoid carcinoma of the nasopharynx assay procedures. In the present study the authors report in vivo induction of micronuclei in bone-marrow mice polychromatic erythrocytes (MPCE) by EM, and EA. Chemicals can be screened for chromosome breaking ability by measuring the frequency of erythrocytes with micronuclei derived from acentric chromosomal fragments or lagging chromosomes. This assay has also been described for genotoxicity studies in several mammalian tissues other than polychromatic erythrocytes.
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