Carboxymethylcellulose improves the antimutagenic activity of sodium selenite against maleic hydrazide in Vicia faba seedlings

Environmental Research

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 152-156

  De Marco, Antonio ^a   Owczarek, Malgorzata ^a   Ferri, Tommaso ^b   De Simone, Claudio ^c   Sangiorgio, Paola ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimutagenic activity; Carboxymethylcellulose; Genotoxicity; Micronuclei; Sodium selenite; Vicia faba

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; HERBICIDE; MALEIC HYDRAZIDE; SODIUM SELENITE;

GENOTOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CROP PROTECTION; GENOTOXICITY; MICRONUCLEUS; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEEDLING; VICIA FABA;

VICIA; VICIA FABA;

EID: 0036798720     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.2002.4385     Document Type: Article

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