Genotoxic evaluation for the tricyclic antidepressant drug, amitriptyline

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Tryptizol(®) [amitriptyline HCl (AT); El-Kahira Pharmacological and Chemical Co., Cairo, Egypt], a widely used antidepressant drug in Egypt, was evaluated for its genotoxicity. The evaluation was performed in somatic (bone marrow) and germ (spermatocytes) cells, as well as well as the sperm morphology (i.e., head and tail) and count of the resulting sperm. Three doses were tested (low, medium, and high); they...

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