Cytotogenetic studies on the effects of acute exposure to lannate on mice

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Although carbamate pesticides are widely used research had shown that they have various side effects the aim of this study was therefore to investigate the cytogenetic effects of lannate on mice Another aim of the study was to investigate the protective effect of olive oil against the cytogenetic effects of lannate 36 swiss albino mice were exposed to various concentrations of lannate and olive oil or were kept as controls Animals were sampled at two different times 24 and 48 hrs lannate in creased the number of structural chromosomal aberrations per cell on contrary lannate produced no effects on the rate of cell division (mitotic index )at either 24 or 48 hrs moreover the use of olive oil gave promising results against lannate toxicity as it significantly decreased the frequency of chromosomal aberrations.

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