Mutagenic and morphologic impacts of 1.8GHz radiofrequency radiation on human peripheral blood lymphocytes (hPBLs) and possible protective role of pre-treatment with Ginkgo biloba (EGb 761)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 410-411, Issue , 2011, Pages 59-64

  Esmekaya, Meric Arda ^a   Aytekin, Ebru ^b   Ozgur, Elcin ^a   Güler, Göknur ^a   Ergun, Mehmet Ali ^b   Ömeroǧlu, Suna ^a   Seyhan, Nesrin ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cell viability; Electron microscopy; Mutagenicity; Radiofrequency radiation; Sister chromatid exchange

Indexed keywords

CELL MORPHOLOGY; CELL VIABILITY; EXPOSURE PERIOD; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMAN PERIPHERAL BLOOD; INHIBITORY EFFECT; MEMBRANE INTEGRITY; MITOCHONDRIAL CRISTAE; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; MUTAGENICITY; PRE-TREATMENT; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION; RF RADIATION; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TIME DEPENDENT;

BLOOD; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOMES; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; RADIO RECEIVERS;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT;

BLOOD; CHROMOSOME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MUTAGENICITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIO WAVE;

ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRION; MUTAGENICITY; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROWAVES; PLANT EXTRACTS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; TIME FACTORS;

GINKGO BILOBA;

EID: 80655124464     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.09.036     Document Type: Article

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