DNA single strand breaks in peripheral blood lymphocytes induced by three nitroimidazole derivatives

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 109-115

  Rodriguez Ferreiro, Gisell ^a   Cancino Badóas, Lourdes ^a   Lopez Nigro, Marcela ^a   Palermo, Ana ^b   Mudry, Marta ^a   González Elio, Prieto ^a   Carballo, Marta Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas de Las Fuerzas Armadas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA damage; Metronidazole; Nitroimidazoles; Ornidazole; Tinidazole

Indexed keywords

DNA; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ORNIDAZOLE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TINIDAZOLE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MAMMAL CELL; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTITRICHOMONAL AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROIMIDAZOLES; ORNIDAZOLE; TINIDAZOLE;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MAMMALIA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0037076956     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(02)00039-5     Document Type: Article

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