Research Article

Bioactive Lipidic Extracts from Octopus (Paraoctopus limaculatus): Antimutagenicity and Antiproliferative Studies

Table 1

Antimutagenic potential of extracts from fractions RA, RB, and RC obtained from lipidic extract of octopus (averagea TA100 and TA98 revertants/plate, with S9).

Extract fractioncFraction dilutionc

TA98
 RA ( = 0.0–0.29)
 RB ( = 0.29–0.69)
 RC ( = 0.69–1.0)

TA100
 RA ( = 0.0–0.29)
 RB ( = 0.29–0.69)
 RC ( = 0.69–1.0)

aAFB1 (used as positive control) tested at 100, 500, and 1000 ng/plate induced , , and and , , and revertants/plate for TA98 and TA100, respectively. Spontaneous revertants were and for TA98 and TA100, respectively.
bValues are means of three replicates ± SEM.
cExtracts were diluted and spiked with enough toxin to yield 500 ng of pure AFB1/plate.