Genotoxic agents detected by plant bioassays

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Ma, Te Hsiu ^a   Cabrera, Guillermo L ^b   Owens, Elizabeth ^c  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogen; Clastogen; Genotoxicity; Mutagen; Plant bioassay; Pollutants

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIBROMOETHANE; 2 NITROFLUORENE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ATRAZINE; BENZENE; BENZIDINE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CARCINOGEN; CHEMICAL AGENT; CLASTOGEN; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; DIELDRIN; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; ETHYLENE OXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; MALEIC HYDRAZIDE; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; METHYLNITROSOUREA; MUTAGENIC AGENT; N METHYL N NITROSOURETHAN; NITROFURAL; PICLORAM; SACCHARIN; SAFROLE; SODIUM AZIDE; STREPTOZOCIN; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRETAMINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BARLEY; BIOASSAY; CANCER INHIBITION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CREPIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENOTOXICITY; MAIZE; MICRONUCLEUS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; ONION; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; SOYBEAN; TRADESCANTIA; UNITED STATES; VICIA FABA;

EID: 15944409587     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/reveh.2005.20.1.1     Document Type: Review

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