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- The study evaluated the genotoxicity of glyphosate using several assays, including the comet assay in Hep-2 cells, demonstrating significant DNA damage at certain concentrations (3.00 to 7.50 mM).
- In the chromosome aberrations test with human lymphocytes, glyphosate did not show significant effects compared to the control group at concentrations ranging from 0.20 to 6.00 mM.
- In vivo results from the micronucleus test in mice showed significant increases in micronucleated erythrocytes at a dose of 400 mg/kg, indicating glyphosate's genotoxic potential, along with increased enzyme activities of TBARs, SOD, and CAT.
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It was evaluated the genotoxicity of glyphosate which up to now has heterogeneous results. The comet assay was performed in Hep-2 cells. The level of DNA damage in the control group (5.42±1.83 arbitrary units) for tail moment (TM) measurements has shown a significant increase (p<0.01) with glyphosate at a range concentration from 3.00 to 7.50mM. In the chromosome aberrations (CA) test in human lymphocytes the herbicide (0.20-6.00mM) showed no significant effects in comparison with the control group. In vivo, the micronucleus test (MNT) was evaluated in mice at three doses rendering statistical significant increases at 400mg/kg (13.0±3.08 micronucleated erythrocytes/1000 cells, p<0.01). In the present study glyphosate was genotoxic in the comet assay in Hep-2 cells and in the MNT test at 400mg/kg in mice. Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARs) levels, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities were quantified in their organs. The results showed an increase in these enzyme activities.
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