The potential of synthetic thiourea compound to reduce the cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of paraquat in Hordeum vulgare and cultured human lymphocytes

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 220-228

  Gateva, Svetla ^a   Jovtchev, Gabriele ^a   Stergios, Mila ^a   Yonova, Petranka ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Oxidative stress; Paraquat; Protective effect; Synthetic thiourea compounds; Test systems

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONDITIONING TREATMENT; CYTOTOXIC; GENOTOXIC EFFECTS; GENOTOXICITIES; HORDEUM VULGARE; HOT SPOT; HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES; IN-VITRO; MITOTIC INDEX; PARAQUAT; PROTECTIVE ACTION; PROTECTIVE EFFECT; SYNTHETIC COMPOUNDS; SYNTHETIC THIOUREA COMPOUNDS; TEST SYSTEMS; THIOUREA DERIVATIVES;

CHROMOSOMES; CYTOTOXICITY; FREE RADICALS; HERBICIDES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TEST FACILITIES;

THIOUREAS;

1 (4 FLUOROPHENYLTHIOCARBAMOYL) 4 METHYLPIPERAZINE; ANTIOXIDANT; PARAQUAT; THIOUREA DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BARLEY; CHROMOSOME; FREE RADICAL; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTOXICITY; HERBICIDE; MUTAGENICITY; ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUND; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CELL PROTECTION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HORDEUM; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENS; PARAQUAT; PIPERAZINES; THIOUREA;

HORDEUM VULGARE;

EID: 84858208744     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20633     Document Type: Article

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