A survey of EPA/OPP and open literature on selected pesticide chemicals - III. Mutagenicity and carcinogenicity of benomyl and carbendazim

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 512, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-35

  McCarroll, Nancy E ^a   Protzel, Alberto ^a   Ioannou, Yiannakis ^a   Frank Stack, H ^b   Jackson, Marcus A ^b   Waters, Michael D ^c   Dearfield, Kerry L ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Alpha Gamma Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Benomyl; Carcinogenicity; Mode of action; Mutagenicity; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

BENOMYL; CARBENDAZIM; PESTICIDE;

ANEUPLOIDY; BONE MARROW CELL; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER TUMOR; LIVER WEIGHT; MICRONUCLEUS; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

ANIMALS; BENOMYL; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBAMATES; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOMA; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DNA REPAIR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA L5178; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0036709215     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5742(02)00026-1     Document Type: Review

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