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Genomic damage induced in tobacco plants by chlorobenzoic acids--metabolic products of polychlorinated biphenyls.
Mutation research - 8 Dec 2008
Gichner Tomas, Lovecka Petra, Vrchotova Blanka
Abstract excerpt
Tobacco seedlings (Nicotiana tabacum var. xanthi) were treated for 24 h with mono-(2- and 3-CBA), di-(2,5- and 3,4-CBA), and tri-(2,4,6- and 2,3,5-CBA)-chlorobenzoic acids (CBAs) and with the mixture of polychlorinated biphenyls--Delor 103, or cultivated for 1 or 2 weeks in soil polluted with the CBAs. DNA damage in nuclei of leaves and roots was evaluated by the comet assay. A significant increase in DNA damage...
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