Genotoxicity evaluation of buprofezin, petroleum oil and profenofos in somatic and germ cells of male mice

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 301-305

  Fahmy, Maha A ^a   Abdalla, E F ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Buprofezin; Chromosomal aberrations; Mouse bone marrow; Pest control agents; Profenofos; Spermatocytes; Super Royal

Indexed keywords

BUPROFEZIN; INSECTICIDE; MITOMYCIN C; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PETROLEUM; PROFENOFOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; GENOTOXICITY; GERM CELL; MALE; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MOUSE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GERM CELLS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MICE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; PETROLEUM; THIADIAZINES; THIOPHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS;

EID: 0031663048     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1263(1998090)18:5<301::AID-JAT503>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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