Cytogenetic evaluation of Fansidar on human lymphocyte chromosomes in vitro.
J Environ Biol
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2011 Jan; 32(1): 95-98
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in English
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| ID: sea-146549
ABSTRACT
Fansidar is a fixed combination of two antimalarial agents a diaminopyrimidine (Pyrimethamine) and a sulphonamide (Sulphadoxine) in the ratio 120- that have been used extensively worldwide for the treatment of Chloroquine resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria, toxoplasmosis and pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. This study examined the effect of Fansidar on chromosomes in human lymphocyte culture. Fansidar was added to peripheral blood lymphocyte cultures in vitro at four different concentrations 5, 15, 25 and 50 @l in the ratio 120, 360, 5100 and 10200 @g ml-1. Result shows that this drug induces moderate increase in the frequency of gaps, breaks and rearrangements. Therefore it can be concluded that Fansidar has moderate clastogenic effect on human chromosomes in vitro.
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J Environ Biol
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2011
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