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Isolation and characterization of the compounds responsible for the antimutagenic activity of Combretum microphyllum (Combretaceae) leaf extracts
n-Tetracosanol Abstract: BACKGROUND: Mutations play a major role in the pathogenesis and development of several chronic degenerative diseases including cancer. It follows, therefore that antimutagenic compound may ...
The Vitotox and ToxTracker assays: a two-test combination for quick and reliable assessment of genotoxic hazards
Source: Mutation research, Volume 810, Number 21 (2016) Keywords: an analysi analysis approach AS assessment chemicals Combination cosmetic Development Europe Follow up FOLLOW-UP genotoxicity hazard health ...
In silico tools and transcriptomics analyses in the mutagenicity assessment of cosmetic ingredients: a proof-of-principle on how to add weight to the evidence.
regulatory in vitro test battery is known to have a high sensitivity, which is at the expense of the specificity. The high number of false positive in vitro results leads to excessive in vivo follow ...
Scientific Statement on Presence of microplastics and nanoplastics in food, with particular focus on seafood
occurrence ON Order plastics processing Quality QUALITY ASSURANCE Quantification RANGE Research risk Risk Assessment seafood Secondary Size study toxicity Abstract: Following a request from the German Federal ...
Airtightness in Belgian high biocontainment facilities
D/2016/2505/14 Accession Number: D/2016/2505/14 Keywords: airtightness biosafety BSL-3 Recommendations Abstract: Following a discussion in 2011 at the meeting of the European Joint Enforcement Group of Contained ...
Scientific Opinion on the Risks for human health related to the presence of 3- and 2-monochloropropanediol (MCPD), and their fatty acid esters, and glycidyl fatty acid esters in food
high exposure (P95) values were 0.3-2.6, 0.2-1.2 and 0.2-2.1. Animal studies show extensive hydrolysis of esterified 3- MCPD and glycidol following oral administration; esterified and free forms were ...
Toxicity in lead salt spiked soils to plants, invertebrates and microbial processes: Unraveling effects of acidification, salt stress and ageing reactions.
soil microbial processes. Three soils were spiked with Pb2+ salts up to a concentration of 8000 mg Pb/kg and were tested either after spiking, after soil leaching followed by pH correction, or after ...