4-Methylbenzophenone and benzophenone are inactive in the micronucleus assay

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-239

  Abramsson Zetterberg, Lilianne ^a   Svensson, Kettil ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

4 Methylbenzophenone; Benzophenone; Flow cytometer; In vivo; Micronuclei

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLBENZOPHENONE; BENZOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; INK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETHALITY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BENZOPHENONES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENS; RNA; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79951760415     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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