A review on genotoxic and mutagenic effects of monoterpenes

  • Authors

    • Muhammad Islam LecturerDepartment of PharmacySouthern University BangladeshMehedibag-4000, Chittagong
    2017-08-20
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijm.v5i2.8035
  • Essential Oils, Terpenes, Toxicity, Safety.

  • Abstract

    This review sketches genotoxic and mutagenic potentials of monoterpenes, which find outs some important genotoxic, mutagenic as well as non-genotoxic and non-mutagenic monoterpenes. Monoterpenes are the important natural products.

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    Islam, M. (2017). A review on genotoxic and mutagenic effects of monoterpenes. International Journal of Medicine, 5(2), 220-222. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijm.v5i2.8035

    Received date: 2017-06-23

    Accepted date: 2017-08-07

    Published date: 2017-08-20