PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY, cilt.167, 2020 (SCI-Expanded)
Paraquat (PQ) as a herbicide and an environmental pollutant with increasing importance due to its toxicity to humans and animals. This study aimed to evaluate the protective and antioxidant activity of quercetin loaded Nanostructured Lipid Carriers (QNLC) against toxicity induced by PQ. Blood lymphocytes were prepared using Ficoll polysaccharide and subsequently by gradient centrifugation. The QNLC was prepared using an ultrasonication method, which was characterized by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM).