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Micronucleus assay in human lymphocytes after exposure to alloxydim sodium herbicide in vitro

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This study evaluates the cytotoxic and genotoxic potential of alloxydim sodium using micronucleus (MN) assay, in human peripheral lymphocytes. MN assay was used to investigate the genotoxic effects of alloxydim sodium in human peripheral lymphocytes treated with 250, 500, 750, 1,000 µg/ml concentrations of alloxydim sodium for 24 and 48 h. Solvent, negative and positive controls were also used in the experiments in parallel. The obtained results were evaluated in statistical analyses by using Dunnett-t test (two sided) and p < 0.05 was accepted as significant. Alloxydim sodium significantly increased the MN formation compared with the negative control, at both 750 and 1,000 µg/ml concentrations and treatment periods. We also evaluated the nuclear division index (NDI) for cytotoxicity of this pesticide in the experiment, and finally observed a significant decrease of the NDI values at all concentrations of alloxydim sodium and at both treatment periods.

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  1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

    Dilek Akyıl & Arzu Özkara

  2. Department of Veterinary Sciences, Bayat Vocational High School, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

    S. Feyza Erdoğmuş

  3. Department of Science, Faculty of Education, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey

    Yasin Eren

  4. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (English), Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Üsküdar University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Muhsin Konuk

  5. Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Üsküdar University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Esra Sağlam

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Akyıl, D., Özkara, A., Erdoğmuş, S.F. et al. Micronucleus assay in human lymphocytes after exposure to alloxydim sodium herbicide in vitro. Cytotechnology 67, 1059–1066 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10616-014-9746-8

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