Quercetin reduces chromosome aberrations induced by atrazine in the Allium cepa test

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 254-259

  Mastrangelo, Sabina ^a   Tomassetti, Massimiliano ^b   Carratù, Maria Rosaria ^a   Evandri, Maria Grazia ^b   Bolle, Paola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antigenotoxicity; Clastogenicity; Flavonoid; In vitro; Triazine herbicide

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; FLAVONOID; HERBICIDE; QUERCETIN; SCAVENGER; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHELATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; ONION; PLANT; POLLUTANT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ATRAZINE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; HERBICIDES; MERISTEM; MITOTIC INDEX; ONIONS; QUERCETIN;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 33646268210     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20199     Document Type: Article

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