Mutagenesis Advance Access originally published online on March 8, 2005
Mutagenesis 2005 20(2):101-104; doi:10.1093/mutage/gei013
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In vitro effect of karathane LC (dinocap) on human lymphocytes

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mam Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Biyoloji Bölümü, Kahramanmara
-Turkey, 2Gazi Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Biyoloji Bölümü, Teknikokullar, 06500 Ankara-Turkey, 3Gazi Üniversitesi, T
p Fakültesi, Tibbi Genetik Bölümü, Ankara-Turkey, 4Gazi Üniversitesi, Gazi E
itim Fakültesi, Biyoloji E
itimi Bölümü, 06500 Ankara-Turkey and 5Gazi Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi,
statistik Bölümü, 06500 Ankara-Turkey
Karathane LC (active ingredient dinocap), a contact fungicide and a non-systemic acaricide was investigated for its ability to induce chromosome aberrations (CAs) and sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) in cultured human lymphocytes of peripheral blood. In addition to the cytogenetic analysis, the effect of karathane LC on the cell proliferation kinetics (CPK) by the replication index (RI) was studied. The mitotic index (MI) was also determined to detect the cytotoxic effect. Lymphocytes were treated with four different concentrations (5, 10, 15 and 20 µg/ml) of karathane LC for 24 and 48 h. Significant differences between exposed and non-exposed groups found in CAs, SCEs and MI demonstrate the mutagenic, clastogenic and also the cytotoxic effect of karathane LC.
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