Bioassay of environmental toxicity based on ferns (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

摘要

Bioassay of environmental toxicity based on ferns. The present invention relates to a method for evaluating the toxicity of a sample based on a) obtaining a suspension of fern spores or gametophytes; b) the incubation of the suspension obtained in a) with the sample whose toxicity is to be evaluated, c) the incubation of the culture obtained in b) in the presence of a tetrazolium sa d) extraction of the tetrazolium salt that has been reduced in step c) as a function of the mitochondrial activity of the spores or gametophytes; and e) determining the amount of reduced tetrazolium salt extracted in d). Also, a kit for the development of the described method is contemplated. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)