Assessment of genotoxicity of methyl-tert-butyl ether, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene to human lymphocytes using comet assay

Kinetics of nutrient enhanced crude oil degradation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa AKS1 and Bacillus sp. AKS2 isolated from Guwahati refinery, India

“…Microorganisms, although are equipped with a basic metabolic capacity to use various hydrocarbon components, high crude oil concentrations inhibit oil degradation (Rahman et al, 2002;Singh et al, 2014). This occurs presumably due to toxicity of volatile aromatic (Chen et al, 2008) and cyclic hydrocarbon components in addition to nutrient and oxygen depletion. Therefore, we estimated the effect of sediment oil charging on oil bioremediation.…”

Comparative investigations of genotoxic activity of five nitriles in the comet assay and the Ames test

“…The quantification of the comet assay was adopted with the visual scoring as in our recently published paper [18]. One hundreds comets on each slide were scored visually according to the relative intensity of the tail.…”

Application of Fibrous Activated Carbon Filter in Continuous-Flow Unit for Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds under Simulated Indoor Conditions

“…These elevated indoor BTEX concentrations are ascribed to emission of a range of indoor sources, including consumer products, cigarette smoke, and/or building materials, as well as the penetration of outdoor air polluted with these compounds (Jia et al, 2008;Schlink et al, 2010). Moreover, BTEX are hazardous to human health and have the potential to induce a variety of types of DNA damage (Chen et al, 2008). As such, methods for the control of BTEX are necessary to reduce their indoor concentration levels.…”