ArticleToxics2023
Oxidative Stress and Cytotoxicity Induced by Co-Formulants of Glyphosate-Based Herbicides in Human Mononuclear White Blood Cells.
Article in Toxics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Effects of Glyphosate and RoundupInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Review
- Monitoring Environmental Glyphosate in Northeastern Romania and Its Cytotoxic Impact on Human Fibroblasts.Journal of xenobiotics · 2026Article
- Comparative investigation of the potential of glyphosate and glyphosate-based formulations to cause oxidative stress and DNA damage in human skin and liver cell systems.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2026Article
- Comparative cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of commercial glyphosate-based herbicide formulations and co-formulants in human leukocyte and hepatocyte cell lines.Frontiers in toxicology · 2026Article
- Sex-specific cardiac remodeling and metabolic reprogramming in IUGR F2 fetuses following glyphosate or glyphosate-based herbicide exposure.Frontiers in toxicology · 2026Article
- Common herbicide impairs fertility but not survival in bumblebees, Bombus impatiens.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Toxicological concerns regarding glyphosate, its formulations, and co-formulants as environmental pollutants: a review of published studies from 2010 to 2025.Archives of toxicology · 2025Review
- Genotoxic activity of glyphosate and co-formulants in glyphosate-based herbicides assessed by the micronucleus test in human mononuclear white blood cells.Toxicology reports · 2025Article
- The Effects of Glyphosate and RoundupMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Review
- Decreased activity in zebrafish larvae exposed to glyphosate-based herbicides during development-potential mediation by glucocorticoid receptor.Frontiers in toxicology · 2024Article
- Overview of human health effects related to glyphosate exposure.Frontiers in toxicology · 2024Review
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Abstract
The use of genetically modified, glyphosate-resistant crops has led to the widespread application of glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs), making them one of the most widely used herbicide formulations on the market. To enhance the efficacy of the active ingredient, GBHs used in practice often contain other ingredients marked as inert "adjuvants" or "co-formulants", the toxic properties of which are poorly understood. The objective of this study was to compare the cytotoxic effects of pure glyphosate, three GBHs (Roundup Mega, Fozat 480 and Glyfos) and two co-formulants commonly used in GBHs as assessed via CCK-8 assay, and the extent of their potential oxidative damage as assessed via superoxide dismutase (SOD) assay, in order to reveal the role of adjuvants in the toxicity of the formulations. Our results showed that glyphosate alone did not significantly affect cell viability. In contrast, GBHs and adjuvants induced a pronounced cytotoxic effect from a concentration of 100 μM. SOD activity of cells treated with GBHs or adjuvants was significantly lower compared to cells treated with glyphosate alone. This suggests that the adjuvants in GBHs are responsible for the cytotoxic effects of the formulations through the induction of oxidative stress.
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