The contribution of cytotoxicity to DNA-effects in the single cell gel test (comet assay)

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 183-188

  Hartmann, Andreas ^a   Speit, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

D Menthol; DNA damage; Human blood cultures; p Nitrophenol; Plating efficiency; Sodium N lauroyl sarcosine; V79 cells; Viability

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENOL; MENTHOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN V 79; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMPARISON; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRICETINAE; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; MENTHOL; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NITROPHENOLS; SARCOSINE;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 0031557136     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(96)03847-7     Document Type: Article

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