Cytotoxicity and Oxidative Stress Responses of Imidacloprid and Glyphosate in Human Prostate Epithelial WPM-Y.1 Cell Line

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Pesticides-induced morphological changes in WPM-Y.1 cells. WPM-Y.1 cells were seeded in 12-well plates and allowed to grow for 20 h. Thereafter, cells were exposed to the IC₅₀ level, 0.023 and 0.025 mM of imidacloprid and glyphosate, respectively, for 24 h. Significant alterations were induced in cell membranes and destructed their cytoplasm and microvilli which appeared as desorbed cells. The morphological changes were analyzed using the LABOMED inverted microscope, USA. Images selected were performed with a magnification of 20x.

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