Open AccessGenotoxic effects of zinc oxide and titanium dioxide nanoparticles on root meristem cells of Allium cepa by comet assay
Author(s) -
Eşref Demir,
Nuray Kaya,
Bülent Kaya
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
turkish journal of biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.323
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1303-6092
pISSN - 1300-0152
DOI - 10.3906/biy-1306-11
Subject(s) - genotoxicity , allium , comet assay , zinc , titanium dioxide , nanomaterials , nanoparticle , dna damage , meristem , biology , environmental chemistry , botany , toxicity , dna , biochemistry , chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , metallurgy , shoot , organic chemistry
Nanogenotoxicity is an emergent field, relevant for estimating the potential genotoxic risk of nanomaterials. In this study we investigated the genotoxic potential of zinc oxide (ZnO,
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