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. 2021 Sep 14;22(18):9932. doi: 10.3390/ijms22189932

Table 6.

Applications of SMART for testing nanoparticles.

Types Result in
ST Cross
Result in
HB Cross
Range of Treated Doses and Remarks Ref.
Carbon nanotubes - nd 64–1000 µg/mL, all doses lack genotoxicity [110]
Carbon nanotubes - - 50–250 µg/mL, lack genotoxicity at 50, 100, and 200 µg/mL and inconclusive at 150 and 250 µg/mL in both ST and HB cross [111]
Cobalt nanoparticles - nd 0.1–10 mM, lack genotoxicity up to 5 mM and inconclusive at 10 mM [112]
Copper oxide nanoparticles (CuONPs) + nd 0.24–0.95 mg/mL, lack genotoxicity at 0.24 mg/mL and inconclusive at 0.48 mg/mL but positive at 0.95 mg/mL in ST cross [105]
Gold nanoparticles - - 20–30 µg/mL, all of doses inconclusive in ST cross, whereby all of concentrations lack genotoxicity in HB cross [113]
Iron oxide nanoparticle
(<50 nm)
+ nd 1–10 mM, inconclusive at 2 and 5 mM, positive at 1 and 10 mM [114]
Iron oxide nanoparticle
(<100 nm)
- nd 1–10 mM, inconclusive at 1 mM and lack genotoxicity 2–10 mM [114]
Iron nanoparticles - nd 0.1–10 mM, all concentrations lack genotoxicity [115]
Nickel oxide nanoparticles + + 1.31–21 mg/mL, all of doses positive in ST cross but lack genotoxicity up to 10.50 mg/mL and positive at 21 mg/mL in HB cross [108]
Titanium dioxide nanocrystal (A3.4 TiO2 NCs) + + 1.5625–12.5 mM, lack genotoxicity up to 6.25 and positive at 12.5 mM in ST cross; moreover, at 12.5 mM lack genotoxicity, 6.25 mM inconclusive, and positive at 1.5625 and 3.125 mM in HB cross [112]
Titanium dioxide nanocrystal (A6.2 TiO2 NCs) - - 1.5625–12.5 mM, lack genotoxicity up to 12.5 and inconclusive at 1.5625 in both ST and HB cross [112]
Titanium dioxide nanoparticles - nd 0.08–1.60 mg/mL, all concentrations lack genotoxicity [106]
Zinc oxide nanoparticles + - 0.075–1.2 mg/mL, lack genotoxicity up to 0.15 mg/mL and positive at 0.3–1.2 mg/mL in ST cross; however, all of doses lack genotoxicity in HB cross [116]

nd—not determined, (-)—negative, and (+)—positive.