Assessment of the in vivo genotoxicity of isomers of dinitrotoluene using the alkaline Comet and peripheral blood micronucleus assays

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 742, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 54-60

  Lent, Emily May ^a   Crouse, Lee C B ^a   Quinn, Michael J ^a   Wallace, Shannon M ^a  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Dinitrotoluene; Genotoxicity; Peripheral blood micronucleus assay

Indexed keywords

2,3 DINITROTOLUENE; 2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; 2,5 DINITROTOLUENE; 2,6 DINITROTOLUENE; 3,4 DINITROTOLUENE; 3,5 DINITROTOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOMER; LIVER CELL; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULOCYTE;

ANIMALS; COMET ASSAY; DINITROBENZENES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ISOMERISM; LIVER; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 84856086497     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: 18793592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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