Assessment of arsenic toxicity using Allium/Vicia root tip micronucleus assays

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 176, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 952-956

  Wu, Lihua ^a   Yi, Huilan ^a   Yi, Min ^a  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Genotoxicity; Micronuclei; Sodium arsenite; Vicia faba

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; ARSENIC TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENOTOXIC EFFECTS; GENOTOXICITIES; HUMAN CARCINOGEN; IN-PLANTS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MITOTIC INDEX; PLANT SPECIES; ROOT CELLS; ROOT TIP; ROOT-TIP CELLS; SODIUM ARSENITE; VICIA FABA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

SODIUM; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENITE SODIUM;

ARSENIC; ARSENITE; BIOASSAY; BIOINDICATOR; CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP PLANT; DETECTION METHOD; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; LIPID; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SODIUM; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENOTOXICITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MITOSIS INDEX; NONHUMAN; ONION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT CELL; PLANT ROOT; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROOT CELL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; VICIA FABA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALLIUM; ARSENIC; ARSENITES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MERISTEM; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VICIA FABA;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA; VICIA; VICIA FABA;

EID: 74449086862     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.11.132     Document Type: Article

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