Research Article

Genotoxicological Evaluation of NUTRALYS Pea Protein Isolate

Table 2

Summary of average histidine revertants and induction ratios.

Metabolic activation Test concentrations
( g/plate)
TA1535TA1537TA98TA100TA102
AHR ± SDInduction ratioAHR ± SDInduction ratioAHR ± SDInduction ratioAHR ± SDInduction ratioAHR ± SDInduction ratio

Without S9 #Solvent control
312.5 1.06 1.15 1.05 1.07 1.06
625 1.03 0.81 1.26 1.02 0.99
1250 0.83 1.26 0.99 1.07 0.92
2500 0.92 1.33 1.06 1.05 0.68
5000 0.65 0.89 0.80 0.97 0.69
Positive Controls

With S9 #Solvent control
312.5 0.84 1.68 0.79 0.97 0.99
625 0.76 1.59 0.73 1.12 0.99
1250 1.03 1.32 0.99 1.02 0.93
2500 0.68 0.95 1.32 0.78 0.98
5000 0.85 1.05 0.87 0.73 0.94
Benzo(a)pyrene (10 µg /plate)

AHR: Average histidine revertants, S.D.: standard deviation; induction ratio: mean number of revertants in treated/mean number of revertants in the control; #sterile millipore water 100  L/plate.