Gene toxicity studies on titanium dioxide and zinc oxide nanomaterials used for UV-protection in cosmetic formulations

Nanotoxicology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 364-381

  Landsiedel, Robert ^a   Ma Hock, Lan ^a   Van Ravenzwaay, Ben ^a   Schulz, Markus ^a   Wiench, Karin ^a   Champ, Samantha ^a   Schulte, Stefan ^a   Wohlleben, Wendel ^a   Oesch, Franz ^b  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmetics; genotoxicity; test methods; titanium dioxide; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; NANOPARTICLE; SUNSCREEN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

AMES TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RAT; STANDARD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL LINE; COSMETICS; CRICETINAE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; MICE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NANOSTRUCTURES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SALMONELLA; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TITANIUM; ZINC OXIDE;

RATTUS; SALMONELLA;

EID: 77957954870     PISSN: 17435390     EISSN: 17435404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17435390.2010.506694     Document Type: Article

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