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Assessment of the genotoxicity of quinolone and fluoroquinolones contaminated soil with the Vicia faba micronucleus test [PDF]

, 2012
The genotoxicity of quinolone and fluroquinolones was assessed using the micronucleus (MN) test on Viciafaba roots by direct contact exposure to a solid matrix.
Khadra, Ahmed, A. Khadra, Hamdi, Hassan, Hafidi, Mohamed, Bousquet‐mélou, Alain, Pinelli, Eric, Merlina, Georges, Guiresse, Agnès Maritchù, H. Hamdi, M. Guiresse, Lacroix, Marlene Z., G. Merlina, M. Hafidi, E. Pinelli, Bousquet-Mélou, Alain, M.Z. Lacroix, Guiresse, Maritxu, A. Bousquet-Melou, Hamdi, H, Hatifi, Mohamed   +19 more
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CYTOKINESIS-BLOCK MICRONUCLEUS ASSAY IN HUMAN GLIOMA CELLS EXPOSED TO RADIATION

Image Analysis and Stereology, 2011
Biological tests are efficient in reflecting the biological influences of several types of generally harmful exposures. The micronucleus assay is widely used in genotoxicity studies or studies on genomic damage in general.
Jerzy Slowinski, Grazyna Bierzynska-Macyszyn, Urszula Mazurek, Maria Widel, Malgorzata Latocha, Monika Stomal, Miroslaw Snietura, Ryszard Mrowka   +7 more
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Assessment of the genotoxicity of Cu and Zn in raw and anaerobically digested slurry with the Vicia faba micronucleus test [PDF]

, 2009
Genotoxicity of Cu and Zn was assessed by use of the micronucleus (MN) test on Vicia faba roots. Plants were exposed to various leachates of rawand anaerobically digested pig slurry, with maximum total concentrations of 200MCu and 600MZn.
Marcato, Claire-Emmanuelle, Silvestre, Jérôme, Pinelli, Eric, Pourrut, Bertrand, Guiresse, Agnès Maritchù, Guiresse, Maritxu   +5 more
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Optimisation of an automated high-throughput micronucleus (HiTMiN) assay to measure genotoxicity of environmental contaminants

, 2022
Anthropogenic contaminants can have a variety of adverse effects on exposed organisms, including genotoxicity in the form of DNA damage. One of the most commonly used methods to evaluate genotoxicity in exposed organisms is the micronucleus (MN) assay ...
Finlayson, Kimberly, Leusch, Frederic DL, Shelper, Todd, Johnson, Matthew, van de Merwe, Jason P, Jason P. van de Merwe, Todd Shelper, Kimberly Finlayson, Frederic D.L. Leusch, Matthew Johnson   +9 more
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Assessment of the potential in vivo ecotoxicity of Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (DWNTs) in water, using the amphibian Ambystoma mexicanum [PDF]

, 2007
Because of their specific properties (mechanical, electrical, etc), carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are being assessed for inclusion in many manufactured products.
Flahaut, Emmanuel, Gauthier, Laury, Landois, Périne, Pinelli, Eric, Mouchet, Florence   +4 more
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Evaluation of the genotoxic and teratogenic potential of a municipal sludge and sludge-amended soil using the amphibian Xenopus laevis and the tobacco: Nicotiana tabacum L. var. xanthi Dulieu [PDF]

, 2003
The toxic, genotoxic and teratogenicpotential of amunicipal sewage sludge was assessed using the micronucleus assay on the larvae of the amphibianXenopuslaevis and with the tobacco somatic mutation test using the yellow–green xanthiDulieu mutant a1+/a1 ...
Gauthier, Laury, Chenon, Pascale, Séverac, Alain, Loubières, Pascale, Delpoux, Marcel   +4 more
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Evaluation of the antigenotoxic and antioxidant activity induced by Croton antisyphiliticus [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2020
This study aimed to investigate antigenotoxicity and antioxidant potential of extract, fractions and vitexin from C. antisyphiliticus. Methanolic extract was fractionated through solvents of increasing polarity.
REGILDO M.G. DA SILVA, CÉLIA C.M. FIGUEIREDO, AMANDA C. GOMES, PAULO C. FERREIRA, FILIPE O. GRANERO, PATRÍCIA S. SANTIAGO, LUCIANA P. SILVA   +6 more
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Ozone inhalation can induce chromosomal abnormalities in bone marrow cells of Wistar rats [PDF]

Journal of Cell and Molecular Research, 2009
Due to the wide range of applications for ozone and its increasing use for medical and industrial purposes, studying its effects has become a very important line of research. The ozone has been suspected to be a carsinogen.
Farhang Haddad, Vajiheh Golami, Maliheh Pirayesh Shirazi-Nejad   +2 more
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Mutagenic effects of tributyltin and inorganic lead (Pb II) on the fish H. malabaricus as evaluated using the comet assay and the piscine micronucleus and chromosome aberration tests

Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2004
Genotoxicity studies on toxic metals and their organic compounds are very important, especially so in the investigation of the effects of these compounds on the aquatic environments where they tend to accumulate.
Marcos Vinícius M. Ferraro, Alberto Sérgio Fenocchio, Mario Sérgio Mantovani, Ciro de Oliveira Ribeiro, Marta Margarete Cestari   +4 more
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Assessment of Cytogenetic Biomarkers in Populations Living in High-Traffic and Industrial Areas of Baghdad [PDF]

Pollution
Lead (Pb) continues to be a persistent environmental contaminant that puts human health at grave risk for toxicity and genotoxicity. This study investigated the genotoxic effects of lead exposure in Baghdad City residents using the Buccal Micronucleus ...
Zinah Faeq Ahmed, Hasan Kadhim Nimr, Rana Fadhil Abbas, Mohammed Abdulsalam Kassim, Njah Nimr   +4 more
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