Expanded Polystyrene-Debris-Induced Genotoxic Effect in Littoral Organisms
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experiments Design
2.2. Integral Antioxidant Activity
2.3. Malondialdehyde
2.4. Protein Carbonyls
2.5. DNA Damage
2.6. Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
2.7. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Integral Antioxidant Activity
3.2. Malondialdehyde
3.3. Protein Carbonyls
3.4. Comet Assay
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Chelomin, V.P.; Dovzhenko, N.V.; Slobodskova, V.V.; Mazur, A.A.; Kukla, S.P.; Zhukovskaya, A.F. Expanded Polystyrene-Debris-Induced Genotoxic Effect in Littoral Organisms. Toxics 2023, 11, 781. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11090781
Chelomin VP, Dovzhenko NV, Slobodskova VV, Mazur AA, Kukla SP, Zhukovskaya AF. Expanded Polystyrene-Debris-Induced Genotoxic Effect in Littoral Organisms. Toxics. 2023; 11(9):781. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11090781
Chicago/Turabian StyleChelomin, Victor Pavlovich, Nadezda Vladimirovna Dovzhenko, Valentina Vladimirovna Slobodskova, Andrey Alexandrovich Mazur, Sergey Petrovich Kukla, and Avianna Fayazovna Zhukovskaya. 2023. "Expanded Polystyrene-Debris-Induced Genotoxic Effect in Littoral Organisms" Toxics 11, no. 9: 781. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11090781