Antigenotoxic activity of Thai Sangyod red rice extracts against a chemotherapeutic agent, doxorubicin, in human lymphocytes by sister chromatid exchange (SCE) assay in vitro.

Background: Nowadays, anticarcinogenic potential of pigmented brown rice and rice bran varieties have been increasingly stated. However, their mechanisms of action are still inconclusive. One of which might be their antigenotoxic activity that no study in human cells was reported before.