Comparative investigations of genotoxic activity of five nitriles in the comet assay and the Ames test

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 169, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 492-497

  Wu, Jong C ^a   Hseu, You C ^b   Chen, Chin H ^c,d   Wang, Shu H ^e   Chen, Ssu C ^e  

^a FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Genotoxicity; Nitriles; The comet assay; The modified Ames test

Indexed keywords

AMES TEST; BENZONITRILE; COMET ASSAYS; GENOTOXIC; GENOTOXIC ACTIVITY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; METHACRYLONITRILE; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NITRILES; PROPIONITRILE; RANK ORDER; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHORT-TERM ASSAY; THE COMET ASSAY; THE MODIFIED AMES TEST;

ACETONITRILE; ASSAYS; CELL MEMBRANES; TESTING;

CYANIDES;

ACETONITRILE; BENZONITRILE; BUTYRONITRILE; METHACRYLONITRILE; PROPIONITRILE;

BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; METABOLISM; REACTIVATION; TOXICITY TEST;

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL TYPE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; COMET ASSAY; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NITRILES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TOXICITY TESTS;

SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 67649792044     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.03.121     Document Type: Article

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