Comparative study of the antimutagenic p
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Myriam Arriaga Alba; Roberto Rivera SΓ‘nchez; Nancy Jannet RuΓz PΓ©rez; Jaime SΓ‘nc
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Article
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2008
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BioMed Central
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English
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## Background Norfloxacin like other fluoroquinolones, is known to be mutagenic for __Salmonella typhimurium__ TA102 strain. This mutagenic effect is due to free oxygen radicals (ROS), because it is inhibited by antioxidants such as Ξ²-carotene and naturally occurring antioxidants of __Roheo discolo