Genetic toxicology of folpet and captan

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 546-574

  Arce, Gail T ^a   Gordon, Elliot B ^b   Cohen, Samuel M ^c   Singh, Pramila ^d  

^a Arce Consulting   (United States)

^b Elliot Gordon Consulting LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Makhteshim Agan of North America Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Captan; duodenum; folpet; genetic toxicology; mutagenicity

Indexed keywords

CAPTAN; DNA; FOLPET; THIOL; FUNGICIDE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; PHTHALIMIDE DERIVATIVE;

CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DEGRADATION; DNA BINDING; DNA DAMAGE; DUODENUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TOXICOLOGY; GENOTOXICITY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MUTAGEN TESTING; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; TARGET ORGAN; ANIMAL; BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; MOUSE; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

MUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CAPTAN; CELLS, CULTURED; DUODENUM; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HUMANS; MICE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; PHTHALIMIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77953910133     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408444.2010.481663     Document Type: Review

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