Quercetin reduces chromosome aberrations induced by atrazine in the Allium cepa test

• Published in: Environmental and molecular mutagenesis Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 254 - 259
• Main Authors: Mastrangelo, Sabina, Tomassetti, Massimiliano, Carratù, Maria Rosaria, Evandri, Maria Grazia, Bolle, Paola
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.05.2006; Wiley-Liss
• Subjects: Allium cepa; antigenotoxicity; Atrazine - toxicity; Biological and medical sciences; Chromosome Aberrations - chemically induced; clastogenicity; flavonoid; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution; Herbicides - toxicity; in vitro; Medical sciences; Meristem - drug effects; Mitotic Index; Onions - drug effects; Quercetin - pharmacology; Toxicology; triazine herbicide; Chromosomal aberration; triazine herbicide; Allium cepa; Monocotyledones; Antimutagen; Pesticides; antigenotoxicity; Allium test; Flavonoid; In vitro; Herbicide; Liliaceae; Toxicology; Angiospermae; Quercetin; Genetics; Spermatophyta; clastogenicity; Atrazine

Quercetin is a widely distributed plant flavonoid possessing a variety of chemical and biological activities, including chelation, free‐radical scavenging, and antioxidant activity. Atrazine is a selective triazine herbicide that has been the subject of an international revision program for human an...