Mutagenic and genotoxic assessment of atrazine-based herbicide to freshwater fish Channa punctatus (Bloch) using micronucleus test and single cell gel electrophoresis

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 314-322

  Nwani, C D ^a   Nagpure, N S ^b   Kumar, Ravindra ^b   Kushwaha, Basdeo ^b   Kumar, Pavan ^b   Lakra, W S ^b  

^a EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF FISH GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Channa punctatus; DNA damage; Genotoxicity; Micronucleus assay; Single cell gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; DNA; RASAYANZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNA PUNCTATUS; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPOSURE; FRESHWATER FISH; GENOTOXICITY; GILL; IN VIVO STUDY; LC 50; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; COMET ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTES; GILLS; HERBICIDES; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; PERCIFORMES; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHANNA PUNCTATUS;

EID: 79951726315     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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