mavournin

ma·vour·neen

also ma·vour·nin  (mə-vo͝or′nēn′)
n. Irish
My darling.
[Irish Gaelic mo mhuirnín : mo, my (from Old Irish; see me- in Indo-European roots) + muirnín, darling, diminutive of muirn, delight (from Old Irish, tumult, revels).]
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[6.] Heddle JA, Hite M, Kirkhart B, Mavournin K, MacGregor JT, Newell GW, et al.
Comparative Study of Frequency of Micronuclei Using Papanicolaou Stain in Potentially Malignant Disorders and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
The micronucleus (MN) assay in rodents is the best-documented in vivo test on clastogenic effects (chromosome aberrations), in relation to the number of tested chemicals (Mavournin et al., 1990; Morita et al., 1997) and chromosome aberration test is an important cytogenetic endpoint that is routinely used to evaluate genotoxicity (Preston et al., 1987; Krishna et al., 1991).
Evaluation of the genotoxic potential of Austroplenckia populnea (reiss) Lundell chloroform fraction from barkwood extract in rodent cells in vivo/Avaliacao do potencial genotoxico da fracao cloroformica de cascas do caule de austroplenckia populnea em celulas de roedores in vivo
Heddle, J.A., Hite, M., Kirkhart, B., Mavournin, K., MacGregor, J.T., Newell, G.W., Salamone, M.F., 1983.
The anticarcinogenic effect of propolis in human lymphocytes culture
(23.) Heddle JA, Hite M, Krikhart B, Mavournin K, MacGregor JT, Newell GW, Salamone MF.
Evidence that ultrafine titanium dioxide induces micronuclei and apoptosis in Syrian hamster embryo fibroblasts. (Articles)

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