Evaluation of genotoxicity of coal fly ash in Allium cepa root cells by combining comet assay with the Allium test

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 351-357

  Chakraborty, Rajarshi ^a   Mukherjee, Ashit Kumar ^b   Mukherjee, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b Regional Occupational Health Centre Eastern   (India)

Author keywords

Binucleated cell; Cytotoxicity; DNA damage; Heavy metals; Single cell gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

A THERMALS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM TESTS; ASH SAMPLES; BINUCLEATED CELL; COAL FLY ASHES; COAL-FIRED ELECTRICITIES; COMET ASSAYS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKS; ECOSYSTEM HEALTHS; FLAME ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETERS; GENOTOXIC EFFECTS; GENOTOXICITY; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MITOTIC INDICES; ROOT CELLS; ROOT GROWTHS; ROOT TIPS; SINGLE CELL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WEST BENGAL , INDIA;

CELL MEMBRANES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CYTOTOXICITY; DNA; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLY ASH; GELATION; GELS; GENES; LEAD; NUCLEIC ACIDS; TESTING; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; TOXIC MATERIALS; ZINC;

COAL ASH;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

ASSAY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CELL ORGANELLE; COAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DNA; ELECTROKINESIS; FLY ASH; GENOTOXICITY; HEAVY METAL; POWER PLANT;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLY ASH; GENOTOXICITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEALTH HAZARD; INDIA; MITOSIS; ONION; PLANT CELL; PLANT ROOT; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ALLIUM; CARBON; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANT ROOTS;

ASIA; BENGAL; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 67349130777     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0361-z     Document Type: Article

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