Research Article

Structural Aspects of Antioxidant and Genotoxic Activities of Two Flavonoids Obtained from Ethanolic Extract of Combretum leprosum

Table 5

Induction of reversion of point mutation for his1-798, ochre allele lys1-1, and frameshift mutation (hom3-10) in S. cerevisiae haploid strain XV185-14c after treatment with crude ethanolic extract of C. leprosum.

AgentTreatment (μg/mL)Survival (%)LYS1/108 survivorsHIS1/107 survivorsHOM3/108 survivors

STAT cells treated in PBS
 NC0100.004.00 ± 2.8310.50 ± 0.714.00 ± 1.41
 4-NQO1.0 μg/mL39.9720.85 ± 2.4849.50 ± 9.1913.50 ± 4.95
C. leprosum10 μg/mL94.707.50 ± 0.7112.25 ± 0.254.00 ± 2.83
50 μg/mL91.738.00 ± 1.4112.50 ± 0.715.50 ± 2.12
100 μg/mL91.737.50 ± 2.1212 ± 2.835.00 ± 2.83
500 μg/mL88.3310.50 ± 2.1227.00 ± 7.076.00 ± 2.83

Locus-specific revertants. Locus nonspecific revertants. Mean and standard deviation per three independent experiments. Negative control (solvent). Positive control. Data significant in relation to negative control group (solvent) at ; /one-way ANOVA, Tukey’s multiple comparison test.