{"title":"Clastogenic effects of zinc chloride on human peripheral blood leucocytes in vitro.","authors":"M Santra, G Talukder, A Sharma","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The clastogenic effects of three different concentrations of zinc chloride on human peripheral blood leucocytes were studied in vitro. The highest concentration (1.5 x 10(-3) M) was lethal after 48 and 72 h of culture and no blast cells were formed. The two lower concentrations (3.0 x 10(-4) M and 3.0 x 10(-5) M) significantly reduced the frequency of cell division, induced chromatid breaks and damaged cells in frequencies significantly higher than in control experiments maintained in sodium chloride and in distilled water.</p>","PeriodicalId":11078,"journal":{"name":"Cytobios","volume":"102 399","pages":"55-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Cytobios","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The clastogenic effects of three different concentrations of zinc chloride on human peripheral blood leucocytes were studied in vitro. The highest concentration (1.5 x 10(-3) M) was lethal after 48 and 72 h of culture and no blast cells were formed. The two lower concentrations (3.0 x 10(-4) M and 3.0 x 10(-5) M) significantly reduced the frequency of cell division, induced chromatid breaks and damaged cells in frequencies significantly higher than in control experiments maintained in sodium chloride and in distilled water.