Aromatic halophytes represent an exceptional source of natural bioactive compounds for the
food industry. Crithmum maritimum L., also known as sea fennel, is a halophyte plant …

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The quantitative importance of oxidation reactions in the elimination of drugs in humans
became apparent in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The enzymatic basis of this elimina-tion …

Hydroxyurea, a chemotherapeutic and radiosensitizing agent, inhibits ribonucleotide
reductase, arrests cells in the S-phase and is mutagenic and recombinagenic. In this paper …

In the last decade, the possible correlation between the use of reserpine and rauwolfia
drugs as antihypertensive agents and breast cancer incidence has been investigated. For …

Berberine, a medically important isoquinoline alkaloid, was tested for the presence of
genotoxic, mutagenic and recombiinogenic activities in microorganisms. This alkaloid did …

The aporphine alkaloid boldine, present in Peumus boldus (boldo-do-Chile) widely used all
over the world, was tested for the presence of genotoxic, mutagenic and recombinogenic …

Methyl eugenol, is a commercially used fruit fly attractant and a suspected carcinogen.
Several phenylpropenes, including methyl eugenol and the known carcinogen safrole, score …

The findings of a continuos monitoring (Apr90–Mar94) on urban air quality of a Po Valley
town are reported. Chemical-physical and genotoxicity data were detected. The results show …

Abstract The chlorinated ethylenes 1, 1-dichloroethylene (vinylidene chloride), trans-1, 2-
dichloroethylene, trichloroethylene, and tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene) were …