Genotoxic effects in erythrocytes of Oreochromis niloticus exposed to nanograms-per-liter concentration of 17β-estradiol (E2): An assessment using micronucleus test and comet assay

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 218, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 353-360

  Sponchiado, Graziela ^a,b   De Lucena Reynaldo, Eliana Mara Fortunato ^a   De Andrade, Any Caroline B ^a   De Vasconcelos, Eliane Carvalho ^a   Adam, Mônica Lucia ^c,d   De Oliveira, Cíntia Mara Ribas ^a  

^a POSITIVO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Alkaline comet assay; Fish; Genotoxicity; Micronuclei test; Pharmaceutical

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SUBSTANCE; ALKALINE COMET ASSAY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; AQUEOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD CELLS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; COMET ASSAYS; CONTROL GROUPS; EXPOSURE GROUPS; GENOTOXIC; GENOTOXIC EFFECTS; GENOTOXICITIES; GENOTOXICITY; MICRONUCLEI TEST; MICRONUCLEUS FREQUENCIES; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NANOGRAMS; NEGATIVE CONTROL; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PHARMACEUTICAL;

ALKALINITY; BLOOD; EFFLUENTS; FISH; RATING; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ASSAYS;

ESTRADIOL;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DRUG; EFFLUENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; GENOTOXICITY; LABORATORY METHOD; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ACUTE EXPOSURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPOSURE; GENOTOXICITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 80053568653     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0649-9     Document Type: Article

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