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  2. Annatto (as plant) // Bixa orellana L.

Annatto (as plant) // Bixa orellana L.

Family:
Bixaceae
Approval state:
Approved
Number of articles retrieved:
901
Number of processed references:
3
Compositions
#1: alkaloids
Endpoint Studies
Genotoxicity
#1: Genotoxicity in onion bulbs #2: Genotoxicity of chloroform seed extracts and petroleum chloroform seed extract
Composition #1: Coe, F.G., Parikh, D.M., Johnson, C.A. Alkaloid presence and brine shrimp (Artemia salina) bioassay of medicinal species of eastern Nicaragua. pharmaceutical biology, 2010, vol. 48, no. 4, p. 439–445. DOI: 10.3109/13880200903168015. [DOI link]
Genotox #1: Aranez, Adoracion T., Rubio, Raquel O. Genotoxicity of pigments from seeds of Bixa orellana L. (atsuete) I. Determined by Allium test. philippine journal of science, 1996, p. 259–269. .
Genotox #2: Aranez, Adoracion T., Bayot, Elmo. Genotoxicity of pigments from seeds of Bixa orellana L. (Atsuete) II. determined by lethal test. philippine journal of science, 1997, p. 163–173. .