Genotoxicity of imidacloprid in relation to metabolic activation and composition of the commercial product

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 672, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-44

  Costa, C ^a   Silvari, V ^b   Melchini, A ^a,c   Catania, S ^a,c   Heffron, J J ^b   Trovato, A ^a,c   De Pasquale, R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Genotoxicity; Micronuclei; Neonicotinoids; Occupational exposure; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COMET ASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; JURKAT CELLS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MUTAGENS; NITRO COMPOUNDS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 57649102886     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2008.09.018     Document Type: Article

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