Micronucleus and chromosome aberrations induced in onion (Allium cepa) by a petroleum refinery effluent and by river water that receives this effluent

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2090-2095

  Hoshina, Márcia M ^a   Marin Morales, Maria A ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Chromosome aberrations; Micronucleus; Petroleum refinery effluents; Polluted river water

Indexed keywords

MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RIVER WATER;

CHROMOSOME; CROP PLANT; EFFLUENT; GERMINATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SEED TREATMENT; TESTING METHOD; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; GENOTOXICITY; MERISTEM; MICRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; ONION; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; ONIONS; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATIBAIA RIVER; BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 70350070608     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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