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Role of marine pollutants in impairment of DNA integrity.

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Title Role of marine pollutants in impairment of DNA integrity.
 
Creator Sarker, S.
Sarkar, A.
 
Subject AQUATIC POLLUTION
AQUATIC POLLUTION
 
Description In this article, we present an overview on the role of marine pollutants in impairment of DNA integrity in marine gastropods exposed to xenobiotics released from various sources into the coastal ecosystem. We provide an insight into the impact of various types of genotoxic compounds on the physiologic status of marine organisms, with specific focus on DNA integrity. DNA damage in marine gastropods was found to be highly correlated to the level of contaminants prevalent in the marine environment. DNA integrity in marine organisms was significantly affected upon exposure to genotoxicants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), persistent organic pollutants, cadmium, lead, manganese, chromium, copper, etc. The prevalence of persistent xenobiotic contaminants in the marine environment coupled to their deleterious impact on marine organisms, exemplifies the measurement of DNA integrity as a prognostic tool for marine pollution assessment, control and policy-making
 
Date 2015-08-26T04:29:03Z
2015-08-26T04:29:03Z
2015
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Journal of Clinical Toxicology, vol.5(2); 2015; 1-6
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4776
 
Language en
 
Rights © 2015. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
 
Publisher OMICS Publishing Group