Genotoxicity testing of the herbicide trifluralin and its commercial formulation treflan using the piscine micronucleus test

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 434-438

  Könen, Serpil ^a   Çavaş, Tolga ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Genotoxicity; Micronucleus test; Oreochromis niloticus; Treflan; Trifluralin

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; TRIFLURALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; FISH; GENOTOXICITY; LABORATORY; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; HERBICIDES; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PERCIFORMES; TRIFLURALIN;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PISCES;

EID: 48249088427     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20401     Document Type: Article

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