Planarian neoblast micronucleus assay for evaluating genotoxicity

Chemosphere

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1267-1273

  Knakievicz, Tanise ^a   Silveira, Priscila Alves da ^a   Ferreira, Henrique Bunselmeyer ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Rays; Cyclophosphamide; Genotoxicity; Girardia; Methyl methanesulphonate; Micronuclei frequency

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; CELLS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; LABELING; LABELS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MEMS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; POLLUTION; STABILIZERS (AGENTS); STANDARDIZATION;

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE (CP); CYTOTOXIC EFFECTS; ELSEVIER (CO); ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRESHWATER ORGANISMS; FRESHWATER PLANARIAN; GENOTOXIC AGENTS; GENOTOXICITY; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; METHANESULPHONATE (MMS); MICRONUCLEUS (MN); MICRONUCLEUS ASSAY; REGENERATION (RENOVATING); STEM CELLS;

MANGANESE;

CLASTOGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

BIOASSAY; FLATWORM; FRESHWATER; GENOTOXICITY; METHANE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SULFONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DECAPITATION; GENOTOXICITY; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TURBELLARIA; X RAY;

ANIMALS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GAMMA RAYS; LETHAL DOSE 50; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; PLANARIANS;

AMIDES; CELLS; CHROMOSOMES; GAMMA RAYS; GENETICS; IMPURITIES; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; LABELING; LABELS; MANGANESE; POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

GIRARDIA; GIRARDIA TIGRINA; PLANARIA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 46249131331     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.04.058     Document Type: Article

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