title: Minimization of cytogenetic toxicity of malathion by vitamin C.
abstract: Genotoxic effect of agriculture-used concentration of organophosphorous pesticide, Malathion, is decreased by the dietary concentration of sodium salt of L-ascorbic acid for parameters like mitotic-index and clastogeny in onion root-tip cells, clastogeny and meiotic-index in mice, and lethal mutation rate in Drosophila melanogaster. The vitamin itself is not genotoxic, and its concurrent administration is more effective than pretreatment with it. Possible mechanism of such vitamin C-mediated minimization of pesticide-genotoxicity is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Bhagalpur University, India.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Hoda
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Sinha
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D008294:Malathion / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D008540:Meiosis / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D008940:Mitotic Index / Q000187:drug effects; D009153:Mutagens / Q000494:pharmacology; D009154:Mutation; D059828:Plant Cells; D010944:Plants / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D009153:Mutagens; D001205:Ascorbic Acid; D008294:Malathion