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Effects of carbendazim on DNA, gene and chromosome  

Lee, Je-Bong (Pesticide Safety Division, NIAST)
Sung, Pil-Nam (Livestock division, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture)
Jeong, Mi-Hye (Pesticide Safety Division, NIAST)
Shin, Jin-Sup (Pesticide Safety Division, NIAST)
Kang, Kyu-Young (Dept. of Environ, Biotechnology, Gyeong Sang National University)
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The Korean Journal of Pesticide Science / v.8, no.4, 2004 , pp. 288-298 More about this Journal
Abstract
Benzimidazole pesticide carbendazim that is effective against a wide range of fungal plant pathogens is a protective, eradicant, and systemic fungicide. For genetic toxicity evaluation of carbendazim on DNA, genes and chromosome, were investigated with chromosome aberration, bacterial reverse mutation, micronucleus test in mouse born marrow and DNA damage assay by single cell microgel electrophoresis. Substitution and frameshift mutation were not induce at variable concentration of carbendazim on Ames test with or without rat liver microsomal activation. For the result of chromosome aberration test, numerical changes of chromosome were detected at the concentrations higher than $4.0{\mu}g/m{\ell}$, but structural aberration was not induced. Positive control, Mitomycin-C and captafol made a structural aberration, but numerical change of chromosome did not appear. In the micronucleus test for mouse born marrow, carbendazim was negative, but was weak positive in DNA damage assay by single cell microgel electrophoresis because of increased DNA moving length of 20% to control.
Keywords
Carbendazim; DNA damage; Gene mutation; Chromosome aberration; Micronucleus test;
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