Relationship between mutagenicity and reactivity or biodegradability for nitroaromatic compounds

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 237-241

  Maeda, Toshinari ^a   Nakamura, Ryosuke ^a   Kadokami, Kiwao ^b   Ogawa, Hiroaki I ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KITAKYUSHU   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodegradability; Mutagenicity; Nitroaromatic compounds; Reductive reaction

Indexed keywords

MUTAGENICITY; NITROAROMATIC COMPOUNDS; REDUCTIVE REACTION;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; MUTAGENS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SOILS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; 2,4,6 TRINITROANILINE; 2,6 DINITROTOLUENE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; N,2,4,6 TETRANITRO N METHYL ANILINE; PICRIC ACID; TRINITROBENZENE; TRINITROTOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; MUTAGENICITY; NITROGEN COMPOUND; SOIL REMEDIATION; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; REDUCTION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

CYCLIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUKUOKA [KYUSHU]; JAPAN; KITAKYUSHU; KYUSHU;

PSEUDOMONAS SP.; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 33846692845     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-019R1.1     Document Type: Article

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