Evaluation of the genotoxic potential of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) in meristematic cells of the root of Vicia faba

Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 154-160

  Valencia Quintana, Rafael ^a   Gómez Arroyo, Sandra ^b   Waliszewski, Stefan Marian ^c   Sánchez Alarcón, Juana ^a   Gómez Olivares, José Luis ^d   Flores Márquez, Ana Rosa ^b   Cortés Eslava, Josefina ^b   Villalobos Pietrini, Rafael ^b  

^a CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chromosomal aberrations; Comet assay; DMSO; Genotoxicity; Vicia faba

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENOTOXICITY; MERISTEM; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; VICIA FABA;

EID: 84873269985     PISSN: 20059752     EISSN: 22337784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13530-012-0130-9     Document Type: Article

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