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Arh Hig Rada Toksikol ; 61(1): 19-27, 2010 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20338864

ABSTRACT

Prometryne is a methylthio-s-triazine herbicide. Significant trace amounts are found in the environment, mainly in water, soil, and food plants. The aim of this study was to establish brain and blood prometryne levels after single oral dose (1 g kg-1) in adult male and female mice. Prometryne was measured using the GC/MS assay at 1, 2, 4, 8, and 24 h after prometryne administration. Peak brain and blood prometryne values were observed 1 h after administration and they decreased in a time-dependent manner. Male mice had consistently higher brain and blood prometryne levels than female mice. The observed prometryne kinetics was similar to that reported for the structurally related herbicide atrazine.


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Brain/metabolism , Prometryne/toxicity , Animals , Atrazine/pharmacokinetics , Atrazine/toxicity , Female , Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry , Herbicides/pharmacokinetics , Male , Mice , Mice, Inbred CBA , Prometryne/pharmacokinetics
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Acta Biol Hung ; 60(1): 35-43, 2009 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19378922

ABSTRACT

Prometryne is a methylthio-s-triazine herbicide used to control annual broadleaf and grass weeds in many cultivated plants. Significant traces are documented in environment, mainly water, soil and plants used for human and domestic animal nutrition. Data on the toxic effects of prometryne and other methylthio-s-triazine have scorcely been published. The goal of this study was to investigate if prometryne, applied orally, could induce DNA damage in mouse leukocytes, in subchronical in vivo experimental design. Three different doses of prometryne were applied per os repeatedly every 48 hours. After the 7th dose (day 14) and the 14th dose (day 28) blood leucocytes were analyzed by alkaline Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis (Comet) assay. The results of three different comet parameters showed general increase in Olive tail moment, tail length and tail intensity values in treated groups of animals. The increase in measured values was almost proportional to the dose received and the time of exposure. We conclude that prometryne or its metabolic residues have the potential to induce processes that cause genotoxic effects on leukocytes on mice in in vivo repeated exposure.


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DNA Damage/drug effects , Herbicides/toxicity , Leukocytes/drug effects , Prometryne/toxicity , Animals , Comet Assay , Female , Herbicides/administration & dosage , Male , Mice , Mice, Inbred CBA , Prometryne/administration & dosage , Toxicity Tests, Chronic
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