Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity induced by the pesticide profenofos on cultured human peripheral blood lymphocytes

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-322

  Prabhavathy Das, G ^a   Pasha Shaik, Abjal ^a   Jamil, Kaiser ^a,b  

^a Bhagwan Mahavir Medical Research Centre   (India)

^b Genetics Department   (India)

Author keywords

Chromosomal aberrations; Comet assay; Cytotoxicity; Genotoxicity; In vitro methods; Metaphase; Profenofos

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE; PROFENOFOS; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TRYPAN BLUE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMATID; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENOTOXICITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LETHALITY; METAPHASE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE;

CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LYMPHOCYTES; MUTAGENS; SOLUTIONS; THIOPHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; TRYPAN BLUE;

EID: 33745727737     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: 15256014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01480540600653093     Document Type: Article

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