Preventive Nutrition and Food Science

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Antimutagenic Effects of Linoleic Acid

  • Lim, Sun-Young (Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition, Pusan National University) ;
  • Rhee, Sook-Hee (Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition, Pusan National University) ;
  • Park, Kun-Young (Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition, Pusan National University)
  • Published : 1997.03.01
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Abstract

In order to determine the effectiveness of linoleic acid(LA) to inhibit carcinogens/mutagens-induced mu-tagenesis, Ames test using Salmonella typhimurium TA100 and the SOS chromotest using E. Coli PQ37, were carried out. The inhibitory effect of LA(1%) on the Ames mutagenicity test were 98%, 78%and 69% mediated by aflatoxin B₁(AFB₁), N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine(MNNG) and 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide(4-NQO), respectively. LA exhibited a strong antimutagenic activity aganist indirect mutagen, AFB₁whereas exhibited the same concentration of LA showed weaker inhibitory effects on direct mutagens of MNNG and 4-NQO than that AFB₁. LA also reduced the SOS responses induced by MNNG and 4-NQO significantly. This result showed a possibility that LA can be a protective agent in early step of cancinogenesis.

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