Genomic damage induced in tobacco plants by chlorobenzoic acids-Metabolic products of polychlorinated biphenyls

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 657, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-145

  Gichner, Tomas ^a   Lovecka, Petra ^b   Vrchotova, Blanka ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Delor 103; Ethyl methanesulphonate; Nicotiana tabacum L. var. xanthi; Somatic mutations

Indexed keywords

2 CHLOROBENZOIC ACID; 2,5 DICHLOROBENZOIC ACID; 3 CHLOROBENZOIC ACID; 3,4 DICHLOROBENZOIC ACID; CHLOROBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOMATIC MUTATION; TOBACCO;

CHLOROBENZOATES; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, PLANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; PLANT LEAVES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 56249103415     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2008.08.021     Document Type: Article

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