Toxicity assessment of the herbicide metolachlor comparative effects on bacterial and mitochondrial model systems

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1585-1590

  Pereira, Susana P ^a   Fernandes, Maria A S ^b   Martins, João D ^a   Santos, Maria S ^a   Moreno, António J M ^b   Vicente, Joaquim A F ^b   Videira, Romeu A ^c   Jurado, Amália S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bacillus stearothermophilus; Herbicides; Metolachlor; Mitochondria; Toxicity assessment

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; MALIC ACID; METOLACHLOR; SUCCINIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOENERGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DENSITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTOPLAST CULTURE; RAT; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACETAMIDES; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENERGY METABOLISM; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; HERBICIDES; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; RATTUS;

EID: 70350731127     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2009.06.032     Document Type: Article

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