The Toxicity of Tritium: The Effects of Tritiated Amino-acids on Preimplanted Mouse Embryos
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Radiation Biology
- Vol. 45 (3) , 245-250
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09553008414550341
Abstract
Tritium is released into the environment as a byproduct of nuclear reactors and reprocessing plants. The effects of tritiated amino acids, Arg, Lys, His and Asp on the growth and development of 2-cell mouse embryos, cultured in vitro, were investigated. The LD50 for the dibasic amino acids, measured on the 3rd day of growth, ranged from 30-130 nCi/ml. This was compared with the DNA precursor, thymidine, for which the LD50 was 80 nCi/ml.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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