The effect of zinc oxide and titanium dioxide nanoparticles in the Comet assay with UVA photoactivation of human sperm and lymphocytes

Nanotoxicology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-39

  Gopalan, Rajendran C ^a   Osman, Ilham F ^a   Amani, Amir ^b,c   De Matas, Marcel ^b   Anderson, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Pharmaceutical Innovation   (United Kingdom)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Lymphocytes; Nanoparticles; Photo activation; Sperm; TiO 2; ZnO

Indexed keywords

DNA; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOMATERIAL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SPERM; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 67349174323     PISSN: 17435390     EISSN: 17435404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17435390802596456     Document Type: Article

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