Cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of paraquat in Hordeum vulgare and human lymphocytes in vitro.

Two phylogenetically distant types of test-systems-root tip meristems of barley (Hordeum vulgare) and human lymphocytes in vitro were used to detect genotoxicity and cytotoxicity induced by the herbicide paraquat (PQ) in the concentration range (10(-6) to 5 x 10(-4) mol/l). As an endpoint for cytotoxicity the mitotic index (MI) was evaluated. The frequency of chromosome aberrations (CA) and the frequency of micronuclei (MN) were used as endpoints for genotoxicity.

[The protective effect of newly synthesized compounds against the action of UV-C irradiation on human lymphocytes in vitro].

In this work we present our data about the protective effect of the newly synthesized compound 1-(4-fluorphenyltioureido)-4-methyl-piperazyne (FTMP) against high doses UV-C irradiation using human lymphocytes in vitro as a model system. The endpoint used was chromosome aberrations. The genotoxic effect of different UV-C doses in the range from 10 J/m2 to 200 J/m2 was evaluated.