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Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Toxicity in Ostreopsis Ovata: Algal Biotoxins
An interdisciplinary study was performed to characterize the biotoxins produced by Ostreopsis ovata and their consequences for health and food safety. O. ovata, a benthic dinoflagellate widespread i...
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Article
Open AccessRole of micronucleus test in predicting breast cancer susceptibility: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The cytokinesis-block micronucleus test (MNT), as a marker of chromosomal mutagen sensitivity, was applied in a number of studies enrolling breast cancer (BC) patients and subjects with known or putative genet...
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A Biomonitoring Study Assessing the Residual Biological Effects of Pollution Caused by the HAVEN Wreck on Marine Organisms in the Ligurian Sea (Italy)
Residual biological effects of the 1991 HAVEN oil spill off the Ligurian (Arenzano) coast were assessed in this study. Samples of the fish species Boops boops, Mullus barbatus, and Uranoscupus scaber were collect...
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Effects of a beverage containing an enzymatically induced-viscosity dietary fiber, with or without fructose, on the postprandial glycemic response to a high glycemic index food in humans
Objective: Dietary supplementation with guar gum or fructose has been reported to reduce the postprandial glycemic response to an oral glucose challenge. As a result of the poor palatability of most foods contain...
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Biomonitoring of workers exposed to pesticides
The potential clastogenic effects of pesticides was investigated in 71 floriculturists exposed to complex chemical mixtures. Exposed and referent subjects were selected from the same geographical area located ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Evaluation of Damage to DNA After in Vivo Exposure to Different Classes of Chemicals
Swiss CD1 male mice were injected intraperitoneally (i.p.) with compounds belonging to different chemical classes in order to investigate the influence of those chemicals on the in vivo production of single-st...
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DNA fragmentation in some organs of rats and mice treated with cycasin
Cycasin (methylazoxymethanol-beta-D-glucoside) is carcinogenic in several animal species. It produces a variety of malignant tumours, mainly in the liver of mice, and in the liver, kidney and large intestine i...
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DNA damage and repair induced by diazoacetyl derivatives of amino acids with different mechanism of cytotoxicity. Correlations with mutagenicity and carcinogenicity
Eight synthetic N-diazoacetyl amino acids, prepared by inserting a diazoacetyl group onto the α-nitrogen of a natural amino acid, and two natural diazoazetyl amino acids, azaserine (O-diazoacetyl-L-serine) and DO...