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Alvarez-Moya,Carlos; Reynoso Silva,Mónica; Valdez Ramírez,Carlos; Gómez Gallardo,David; León Sánchez,Rafael; Canales Aguirre,Alejandro; Feria Velasco,Alfredo. |
There is considerable controversy with regard to the genotoxicity of glyphosate, with some reports stating that this compound is non-toxic for fish, birds and mammals. In this work, we used the comet assay to examine the genotoxicity of glyphosate isopropylamine (0.7, 7, 70 and 700 µM) in human lymphocytes, erythrocytes of Oreochromis niloticus and staminal nuclei of Tradescantia (4430) in vitro and in vivo. Cells, nuclei and fish that had and had not been exposed to 5 mM N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) were used as positive and negative controls, respectively. Significant (p < 0.01) genetic damage was observed in vivo and in vitro in all cell types and organisms tested. Human lymphocytes and Tradescantia hairs showed lower genetic damage in vivo compared... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Comet assay; DNA damage; Genotoxicity; Glyphosate. |
Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572014000100016 |
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