Assessing the genotoxicity of urban air pollutants using two in situ plant bioassays

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3354-3356

  Villarini, M ^a   Fatigoni, C ^a   Dominici, L ^a   Maestri, S ^a   Ederli, L ^a   Pasqualini, S ^a   Monarca, S ^a   Moretti, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE; AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS; BIO-INDICATORS; BIOMONITORING; CENTRAL ITALY; COMET ASSAYS; CONTROL SITES; DNA DAMAGES; GENOTOXIC EFFECTS; GENOTOXICITIES; GENOTOXINS; HIGHER PLANTS; IN-SITU; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PLANT BIOASSAYS; POLLEN MOTHER CELLS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION LEVEL; URBAN AIR;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CLONING; DNA; GENES;

BIOASSAY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOASSAY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GENOTOXICITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; ITALY; MEIOSIS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT LEAF; POLLUTION MONITORING; TOBACCO; TRADESCANTIA; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; TOBACCO; TRADESCANTIA; URBAN HEALTH;

ITALY; PERUGIA; UMBRIA;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TRADESCANTIA;

EID: 71049150100     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Claxton L.D., and Woodall Jr. G.M. A review of the mutagenicity and rodent carcinogenicity of ambient air. Mutation Research 636 (2007) 36-94
2. Cohen A.J. Outdoor air pollution and lung cancer. Environmental Health Perspectives 108 Suppl. 4 (2000) 743-750
3. Fatigoni C., Dominici L., Moretti M., Villarini M., and Monarca S. Genotoxic effects of extremely low frequency (ELF) magnetic fields (MF) evaluated by the Tradescantia-micronucleus assay. Environmental Toxicology 20 (2005) 585-591
4. Gichner T., and Plewa M.J. Induction of somatic DNA damage as measured by single cell gel electrophoresis and point mutation in leaves of tobacco plants. Mutation Research 401 (1998) 143-152
5. Kampa M., and Castanas E. Human health effects of air pollution. Environmental Pollution 151 (2008) 362-367
6. Klumpp A., Ansel W., Klumpp G., Calatayud V., Garrec J.P., He S., Penuelas J., Ribas A., Ro-Poulsen H., Rasmussen S., Sanz M.J., and Vergne P. Tradescantia micronucleus test indicates genotoxic potential of traffic emissions in European cities. Environmental Pollution 139 (2006) 515-522
7. Ma T.H., Cabrera G.L., Chen R., Gill B.S., Sandhu S.S., Vandenberg A.L., and Salamone M.F. Tradescantia micronucleus bioassay. Mutation Research 310 (1994) 221-230
8. Prajapati S.K., and Tripathi B.D. Assessing the genotoxicity of urban air pollutants in Varanasi City using Tradescantia micronucleus (Trad-MCN) bioassay. Environment International 34 (2008) 1092-1096
9. Singh N.P., McCoy M.T., Tice R.R., and Schneider E.L. A simple technique for quantitation of low levels of DNA damage in individual cells. Experimental Cell Research 175 (1988) 184-191