Research Article

Amylenes Do Not Lead to Bacterial Mutagenicity in Contrast to Structurally Related Epoxides

Table 1

Reverse mutations for positive and negative controls.

StrainTA98TA100YG7108

Solvent control−S9 18 ± 6 ( )120 ± 17 ( )20 ± 6 ( )
+S920 ± 7 ( )145 ± 19 ( )26 ± 9 ( )
Gas-tight−S919 ± 7 ( )128 ± 18 ( )24 ± 9 ( )
+S921 ± 4 ( )141 ± 18 ( )23 ± 6 ( )
Not gas-tight:
 3-NBA, 5 ng−S9709 ± 328 ( )
 MMS, 200  g−S91516 ( )805 ± 283 ( )
 MMS, 500  g−S9968 ± 175 ( )
 MMS, 1000  g−S91543 ± 40 ( )
 2-AF+S9843 ± 228 ( )646 ± 117 ( )
 2-AA, 5  g+S9781 ± 52 ( )
 2-AA, 10  g+S9486 ± 175 ( )
 NDEA, 500  g+S9225 ± 85 ( )
 NDEA, 1000  g+S9414 ± 360 ( )

3-NBA: 3-nitrobenzanthrone; 2AF: 2-aminofluorene; 2-AA: 2-aminoanthracene; MMS: methyl methanesulfonate; NDEA: -nitrosodimethylamine.