Research Article

In Vitro and In Vivo Genotoxicity Assessment of Aristolochia manshuriensis Kom.

Table 1

Chemicals used as positive controls for each tester strain with or without metabolic activation system (rat liver S9 mix).

StrainWithout S9 mixWith S9 mix
Positive controlaDose (μg/plate)Positive controlaDose (μg/plate)

Salmonella typhimurium
 TA100AF-20.012-AA1.0
 TA1535SA0.52-AA2.0
 TA98AF-20.12-AA0.5
 TA15379-AA80.02-AA2.0
Escherichia coli
 WP2uvrA AF-20.012-AA10.0

aAF-2: Furylfuramide; SA: sodium azide; 9-AA: 9-aminoacridine hydrochloride hydrate; 2-AA: 2-aminoanthracene.