Genetic Analysis of L. by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and Intersimple Sequence Repeat (ISSR).

Background: L. is an important fruit tree species of great economic value which is mainly distributed in the northern hemisphere.

Methods: 25 samples of L.

Evaluation of the developmental toxicity of leucomalachite green administered orally to rats.

Malachite green (MG) had been extensively used worldwide in the past few decades as an effective fungicide, bactericide, ectoparasiticide, and antiprotozoan on fish. It is rapidly and extensively metabolized to leucomalachite green (LMG) in fishes. To study the developmental toxicity of LMG, we evaluated the maternal and embryo/fetal effects of LMG orally administered to Sprague-Dawley rats once daily from day 6-15 of gestation at dose levels of 0, 10, 80, and 160 mg/kg/day.