The comet assay in toxicology

The first book of its kind, devoted exclusively to the assessment of DNA damage by the Comet assay in modern toxicology, The vast number of chemicals existing or being added into the environment, have globally aroused great concern regarding their adverse effects in human population. Development and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dhawan, Alok
Other Authors: Anderson, Diana, Waters, Michael D., Marrs, Timothy C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 2009
Series:Issues in toxicology
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Collection: RSC eBook Collection 1968-2009 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Part I: Genesis of Comet assay
  • Part II: Various procedures for the Comet assay
  • Oxidative damage
  • Water disinfection by-products
  • Comet assay in Plants
  • Double Strand
  • Breaks in bacteria
  • Comet - FISH
  • Double strand breaks (DSBs) - radiation/challenge assay - Radiation
  • Apoptosis
  • Multiple mouse organs
  • Part III: Applications of Comet assay
  • Dietary intervention studies
  • Comet assay in Mussels
  • Exercise
  • Arsenic
  • DSBs - radiation/challenge assay - Radiation
  • In vivo Comet assay
  • In vitro parallelogram approaches
  • Photobiology
  • Comet assay in sperm
  • Comet assay in Human monitoring
  • Part IV: Guidelines for comet assay
  • In Vitro And In Vivo Guidelines for the Comet Assay
  • In vivo Guidelines for Comet
  • Part V: Image analysis and Statistics
  • Models for image analysis
  • Statistics in comet assay