Indoor Biomonitoring of Mutagenic Potential of Air Pollutants From Emission Incense Using the Tradescantia Stamen Hair Assay

Authors

  • Deuzuita S. Oliveira Núcleo de Engenharia Térmica e Fluidos (NETeF), Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Carlos, SP, Brazil
  • P. M. Crnkovic Núcleo de Engenharia Térmica e Fluidos (NETeF), Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Carlos, SP, Brazil
  • V. G. F. Viana Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI), Campus Ministro Petrônio Portela, Teresina, PI, Brazil
  • P. H. N. Saldiva Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
  • M. Domingos Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
  • J. D. Pagliuso Núcleo de Engenharia Térmica e Fluidos (NETeF), Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Carlos, SP, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5132/jbse.2007.02.010

Keywords:

air pollution, indoor biomonitoring, mutagenicity, Trad-SH bioassay

Abstract

The Trad-SH has been successfully employed to qualify the environment air, which is contaminated by mutagens. So, this work is aimed at evaluating the mutagenic potential of the emission from incense indoors to the Tradescantia KU-20 clone. Experimentally, the inflorescence of the KU-20 clones was kept for 2, 4 and 6 hours the emission from the incenses (kind 1 and 2) in a closed room of 25.83 m3 of volume. The mutagenic effects of the atmosphere were analyzed by comparing a group of non-exposed inflorescence (group one, control) to inflorescences kept under polluted atmospheres, in a closed room, for 2, 4 and 6 hours (groups two, three and four). The experimental data were analyzed using statistical methods. The frequency of mutations observed in the inflorescences from group one was significantly lower than that exhibited by groups two, three and four. The results suggest that the emission from the incense plays an important role in the development of plant mutation and that the Trad-SH assay is a useful tool for routine indoor biomonitoring in environments where chemical substances are used.

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Published

10-07-2007

How to Cite

Oliveira, D. S., Crnkovic, P. M., Viana, V. G. F., Saldiva, P. H. N., Domingos, M., & Pagliuso, J. D. (2007). Indoor Biomonitoring of Mutagenic Potential of Air Pollutants From Emission Incense Using the Tradescantia Stamen Hair Assay. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Contamination, 2(2), 173–178. https://doi.org/10.5132/jbse.2007.02.010

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2007)

Section

Original Articles

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