Protective effects of vitamin E against atrazine-induced genotoxicity in rats

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 654, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-149

  Singh, Mohan ^a   Kaur, Pushpindar ^a   Sandhir, Rajat ^a   Kiran, Ravi ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Comet assay; Genotoxicity; Micronucleus assay; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ATRAZINE; CELL DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL PROTECTION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; LIVER CELL; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EVALUATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HERBICIDES; LIVER; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENS; RATS; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA; POACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 47849129208     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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