Aim: Fish are the object of study to detect potential contaminants, Mutagenic or carcinogenic present in the water. Besides fish toxicant similar response can provide higher vertebrates for chemicals that are carcinogenic to humans. Micronucleus test (MNT) is a technique developed by Schmid (1975), using the cells as an object of study, and by treating with chemicals as a genotoxic test. Micron...

OBJECTIVES We investigated the genotoxicity of two chemicals, methyl formate and 2-methylbutane, using male ICR mice bone marrow cells for the screening of micronucleus induction. Although these two chemicals have already been tested numerous times, a micronucleus test has not been conducted and the amounts used have recently been increased. METHODS 7 week male ICR mice were tested at dosages...

Atmospheric benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX) can lead to multiple health injuries. However, what remains uncertain is the effect of long-term exposure to low levels of BTEX. Thus, we determined the BTEX levels in the air from the refueling and office areas in gas stations. Then we collected workers' (200 refueling vs. 52 office workers) peripheral blood samples to analyze the ...

EVALUATION OF THE PROTECTIVE ROLE HYDROALCOHOLIC EXTRACT GINGER AND N-ACETYLCYSTEINE ON GENETIC DISORDER CAUSED BY SODIUM AZIDE HUMAN BLOOD LYMPHOCYTES MICRONUCLEUS METHOD

Anatomical alterations in leaves and DNA damage in cells caused by the accumulation of atmospheric pollutants can be measured by epidermal leaf analyses and Tradescantia micronuclei assay with early pollen tetrad cells. The present study examined the feasibility of using somatic and germ cells of Tradescantia pallida for biomonitoring purposes in the city of Dourados, state of Mato Grosso do Su...

Glyphosate is a widely used broad-spectrum weed control agent. In the present study, an in vivo study on the genotoxic effects of a technical herbicide (Roundup) containing isopropylamine salt of glyphosate was carried out on freshwater goldfish Carassius auratus. The fish were exposed to three doses of glyphosate formulation (5, 10 and 15 ppm). Cyclophosphamide at a single dose of 5 mg/l was u...

In vitro genotoxicity assays are often used to compare tobacco smoke particulate matter (PM) from different cigarettes. The quantitative aspect of the comparisons requires appropriate statistical methods and replication levels, to support the interpretation in terms of power and significance. This paper recommends a uniform statistical analysis for the Ames test, mouse lymphoma mammalian cell m...

A database containing qualitative and quantitative results of experimental studies in the fields of genotoxicity and carcinogenicity has been developed. By analyzing results of the studies performed by the U.S. National Toxicology Program, or by a similar program developed in Japan, or reported in the scientific literature, as well performed by private organizations, information has been collec...

---・-A micronucleus test using BDFi male mice was conducted in order to evaluate the in vive mutagenicity of mofezolac (N-22). N-22 was orally administered at doses of 75, 150, 300 arid 600 mglkg, with a sampling time of 24 hr. The frequency of polychromatic erythrocytes with micronuclei was O,07-O,08% in the groups treated with N-22 and did not differ markedly from that of the vehicle control ...

The aim of the present study was to establish the extent of in vitro radioresponse of lymphocytes among 62 healthy adults of both genders and to estimate the distribution of baseline micronuclei and radiosensitivity among individuals of the study population using the cytochalasin block micronucleus test. A younger study group consisted of 10 males (mean age, 22.4 years; range, 21-27) and 12 fem...