Genotoxicity and cell death induced by tinidazole (TNZ)

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-52

  Lopez Nigro M M ^a   Carballo, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cell death; Genetic toxicology; Tinidazole

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; TINIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MITOSIS INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

ADULT; ALKYLATING AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOTIC INDEX; MUTAGENS; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TINIDAZOLE;

EID: 47049107524     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2008.05.017     Document Type: Article

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