For all substances, it was investigated whether a harmonized classification for
mutagenicity has been established under the CLP regulation (EU, 2008).
(2) Compared with previously reported values of
mutagenicity for other types of burning materials, the pine needle emissions were considerably more mutagenic than smoke generated by the open burning of agricultural plastic (3) or wood-burning cookstoves, (4) and approximately half as potent as smoke generated by burning rubber tires, (5) based on mass of fuel consumed.
cepa has sensitivity for identification of cytotoxicity, genotoxicity and
mutagenicity in meristematic cells originating from the root tissue [11, 12].
BRMT with fluctuation method (AMES MPF Penta I-Micro Plate Format
mutagenicity assay) was followed to determine the possible genotoxic potential of the four PFS.
Shahid,
Mutagenicity and Cytotoxicity Evaluation of Photo-Catalytically Treated Petroleum Refinery Wastewater Using an Array of Bioassays, Chemosphere., 168, 590 (2017).
Briefly, the
mutagenicity test was carried out in blood samples obtained by gill puncture using heparinized syringes.
sabdariffa aqueous extract against the
mutagenicity of 1-nitropyrene (1-NP) by way of a modified Ames test.
(ii) A decision tree for estimating in vitro
mutagenicity (Ames test) [13]
Genotoxicity should not be confused with
mutagenicity. Compounds that are mutagens are genotoxic because they generate genetic changes.