Ethoxylated adjuvants of glyphosate-based herbicides are active principles of human cell toxicity

Toxicology

Volumn 313, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 122-128

  Mesnage, R ^a,b   Bernay, B ^c   Seralini G E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b CRIIGEN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Glyphosate; Human cells; Pesticide; POEA; Roundup

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE; POLYETHOXYLATED TALLOWAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POE 15; POE-15; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL RESPIRATION; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG FORMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TOXICITY TESTING; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN CELLS; POEA; ROUNDUP; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DRUG EFFECTS; TOXICITY;

ADJUVANT; GLYPHOSATE; HUMAN CELLS; PESTICIDE; POEA; ROUNDUP;

AMINES; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHYL ETHERS; GLYCINE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84888270947     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: 18793185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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