Cytotoxic and DNA-damaging properties of glyphosate and Roundup in human-derived buccal epithelial cells

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 805-813

  Koller, Verena J ^a   Fürhacker, Maria ^b   Nersesyan, Armen ^a   Mišík, Miroslav ^a   Eisenbauer, Maria ^a   Knasmueller, Siegfried ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Buccal cells; Comet assay; Cytotoxic; Glyphosate; Micronuclei; Roundup

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; POLYOXYETHYLENEAMINE; ROUNDUP; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEEK MUCOSA; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOTOXICITY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA TRANSFER; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHALATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MICRONUCLEUS; NUCLEOPLASMATIC BRIDGE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL LINE; CHEEK; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GLYCINE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MITOCHONDRIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84862884689     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: 14320738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-012-0804-8     Document Type: Article

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