Melamine induces sperm DNA damage and abnormality, but not genetic toxicity

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 144-150

  Zhang, Quan xin ^a,b   Yang, Guang yu ^b   Li, Jun tao ^b   Li, Wen xue ^b   Zhang, Bo ^a   Zhu, Wei ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

DNA damage; Genetic toxicity; Melamine; Sperm abnormality

Indexed keywords

MELAMINE;

AMES TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EUKARYOTE; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC TOXICOLOGY; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; CELL LINE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA DAMAGE; HEPATOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; RATS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TRIAZINES;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79956001808     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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