Article
Tradescantia-Micronucleus (Trad-MCN) tests on 140 health-related agents.
Mutation research - 1 Jan 2000
Ma T H, Harris M M, Anderson V A, Ahmed I, Mohammad K, Bare J L, Lin G
Abstract excerpt
The Tradescantia-Micronucleus (Trad-MCN) test is a simple short-term bioassay for various gaseous and liquid forms of chemical agents, and physical agents such as radiation. 140 agents, directly or indirectly related to human health, were screened for their mutagenicity. Plant cuttings of young inflorescences, in which the pollen mother cells undergo various stages of meiosis, were maintained in nutrient solution...
Topics
- Beverages
- Carcinogens
- Cell Nucleus
- Humans
- Mutagenicity Tests
- Mutagens
- Mutation
- Pesticides
- Plants
- Salmonella typhimurium
