Protective effect of sodium selenite against the genotoxicity of aflatoxin B1 in human whole blood cultures

This study was designed to investigate the effects of selenium and aflatoxin on human whole blood cultures (WBC) in relation to induction of sister-chromatid exchange (SCE). The results showed that the frequency of SCEs in peripheral lymphocytes was significantly increased by the direct-acting mutag...

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Main Authors: Fatime Geyikoglu, Hasan Türkez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2006-05-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132006000400006