Studies for a genotoxic potential of some endogenous and exogenous sex steroids. II. Communication: Examination for the induction of cytogenetic damage using the chromosomal aberration assay on human lymphocytes in vitro and the mouse bone marrow micronucleus test in vivo

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-144

  Reimann, Roland ^a   Kalweit, Sabine ^a   Lang, Rainer ^a  

^a BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytogenetic damage; Genotoxicity; Mouse bone marrow micronucleus test; Sex steroids; Structural chromosoal aberration test on human lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ATAMESTANE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GESTODENE; LILOPRISTONE; METHOTREXATE; ONAPRISTONE; SEX HORMONE; TRIAZIQUONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029908259     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1996)28:2<133::AID-EM10>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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