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Photosensitization Effect and Structure-Activity on Mutagenic Potential by 4-(Nitrobenzyl)Pyridine (4-NBP) Test, of Epoxides, Olefins and Alkylating Agents (4-(Nitrobenzyl)Pyridine에 의한 에폭시드 및 알킬화합물의 변이원성 잠재력에 대한 구조활성 및 광화학효과의 연구)

  • 김재현;엄애선
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.43-50
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    • 2001
  • This paper reviews the results of a series of efforts to develop structure-activity models for slow-reacting chemicals and olefins whose toxicity may be enhanced by the ultraviolet radiation. Photoinduced toxicity of 14 compounds was found to be a different result of competing factors of structure, having carbon-carbon double bonds. To mimic the biological consequences of photooxidative damage in mammalian cells, the photochemical mutagenicith of 14 chemicals was tested in the CAS. Simple olefins were photochemically mutagenic or carcinogenic with irradiation, increasing the alkylating activity from zero level to 0.87(abs/gram) for styrene, 0.25 for 1-butene, 0.11 for 1-hexene, respectively, whereas no photochemical mutagenicity was observed with 1-octene in the absence of the CAS. Oxide compounds, however, showed a decreasing trend of photoalkylating activities in the presence or absence of the CAS. We found that the structure-activity relationship was not applicable to our data.

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Mutagenic Test of Gardenia Yellow Pigment (치자 황색색소에 대한 변이원성 시험)

  • 김희구
    • The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.72-76
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    • 1998
  • Gardenia yellow pigment produced by Gardenia jasminoides Ellis was tested for reverse mutagenic test in Salmonella typhimurium stains TA1535, TA1537, TA98 and TA100 at concentrations raging form 6.25 to 200$\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$ per plate. No significant reverse mutagenic activity was observed in any of the S. typhimurium strains, in either presence or absence of S9 mix. There was no toxicity to the bacteria. These result indicate that yellow pigment doesn't have mutagenicity.

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Mutagenic Activity by Ames Test of Bracken Grown in Korea (고사리의 돌연변이(突然變異) 유발성(誘發性))

  • Yoon, Jae-Young;Lee, Su-Rae
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.558-562
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    • 1988
  • The ethanol-and water-extracts of curled tops and stalks of young bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) fronds in raw and cooked states were examined for their mutagenicity by Ames test using Salmonella typhymurium mutants. Even a small amount of water extract from raw bracken was mutagenic to TA 1538 strain without addition of $S_9$ mix whereas a strong toxicity appeared at higher levels of the extractive. With $S_9$ mix, the water-extract from raw bracken was not mutagenic at all and not toxic to all strains tested, The amount of water-extract from cooked bracken was one-tenth of the amount from raw bracken and the water-extract showed no mutagenic effect to all strains tested. Ethanol-extract of bracken showed no mutagenicity in any case.

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Bacterial Reverse Mutation Test of CP pharmacopunture (세균을 이용한 CP 약침의 복귀돌연변이 시험)

  • Hwang, Ji Hye;Ku, Jaseung;Jung, Chul
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.55-65
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    • 2020
  • Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the toxicity of CP pharmacopunture using bacterial reverse mutation test. Methods: To determine the mutagenic potential of CP pharmacopunture, histidine requiring Salmonella typhimurium (TA98, TA100, TA1535, and TA1537) and tryptophan requiring Escherichia coli (WP2uvrA, pKM101) strains were used. The negative (normal saline solution) and positive (Sodium azide, 2-Nitrofluorene, 2-Aminoanthracene, 9-Aminoacridine, and 4-Nitroquinoline N-oxide) control groups were used. To determine the dose levels of the main study, a dose range-finding study was conducted. Results: As a results of the dose range-finding study, the growth inhibition by CP pharmacopunture was not evident at any dose levels in the absence and presence of metabolic activation. As a results of the main study, the mean number of revertant colonies was less than twice when compared to the negative control values at all dose levels of the CP pharmacopuncture in the presence and absence of metabolic activation, showing no dose-related increase. In the positive control group, the number of revertant colonies was markedly increased by more than twice when compared to the negative control group. Conclusion: According to the results of this study, CP pharmacopunture did not show any signs of mutagenic potential.

Organic Compounds in the Nak Dong River and Its Toxicity (낙동강 수질중 유기물질과 독성)

  • 류병호;심종환;최진택;조현철;정종순
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.39-53
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    • 1994
  • This study aims to investigate organic compounds and its toxicity by Ames test and chromosomal aberration in the water of the Nak Dong River. Six sampling sites such as Goryung, Hagueun, Maelie, Duksan, Haedong and Myungiang were selected for these pur15oses. 200 l water samples were absorbed on XAD-2 resin columns (2.5X30cm), eluted with organic solvents mixture of acetone: cyclohexane and then dried under vacuum condition. The extracts from the XAD-2 resin was injected into GC/MS and 184 organic compounds were identified such as aldehydes, aromatic compounds, ketones, phenols, hydrocarbons, alcohols, carboxylic acids, alkanes and some unknowns. The US EPA priority pollutants such as naphthlene, bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate and other pollutants, 1,2-diethyl benzene, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene and cyclohexanol were detected in these samples. The concentration of chemical pollutants such as 1,2-diethyl benzene, nephthalene, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene, bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate and cyclohexanol were ranged into 1.228 $\mu$g/l, 298 $\mu$g/l, 30.191 $\mu$g/l, 1.147 $\mu$g/l and 2.839 $\mu$g/l, respectively. The mutagenic activity of XAD-2 extracts were tested on Salmonella typhimurium TA 98, TA 100, TA 1535 and TA 1537 and then exhibited strong mutagenic activity against S. typhimurium TA 98 and TA 100 in the presence of S$_9$. Amon them, bis(2-ethylhexyl)phtalate and 1,2-diethyl benzene showed the most strongest mutagenic activity against S. typhimurium TA 98 and TA 100 in the presence of S$_9$. On the other hands, chromosomal aberration of XAD-2 extracts in the human blood cells were not occurred by the sampling water at Goryung, Hagueun, Maelie and Duksan, Chromosomal aberration were also not occurred by the each concentration of 0.05, 0.1 amd 0.3 mg/l of each 1,2-diethyl benzol, bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, naphthalene, phenol, cyclohexanol and benzothiazol test solution.

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Safety and Risk Assessment of 3-Monochloro-1,2-propanediol (3-MCPD) (3-Monochloro-1,2-propanediol(3-MCPD)의 안전성 및 위해성 평가)

  • 이병무
    • Toxicological Research
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2002
  • 3-Monochloro-1,2-propanediol(3-MCPD) is currently being a matter of concern because of its toxicity. 3-MCPD produced during the acid hydrolysis of soybean products has been reported to be mutagenic, neurotoxic, nephrotoxic and spermatotoxic. Howerer, the carcinogenicity of 3-MCPD is a controversial issue over the past several decades. 3-MCPD characteristically showed a variety of toxicities in reproductive system such as, decrease in sperm number and sperm motility, infertility, loss of sperm function, and weight decrease in ovary. Due to the toxicity of 3-MCPD, exposure to 3-MCPD has been proposed to be reduced to as low a level as technologically feasible. 3-MCPD can be detected in soy sauce or non-soy sauce products. The legal limit for 3-MCPD this year has been suggested to be 20 ppb($\mu\textrm{g}$/kg)in the European Community. In Korea, the permissible level of 3-MCPD is expected to be 0.3 ppm. In this study, 3-MCPD was toxicologically evaluated in terms of risk assessment in humans.

Studies on the Effect of Captafol and Ethanol on Serum Parameters in Rats (Captafol과 Ethanol이 혈액상의 생화학적인 변화에 미치는 영향)

  • 박귀례;김종오
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.105-112
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    • 1990
  • Captafol (1H-isoindole-1.3 (2H)-dione, 3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro-2-1.1.2.2-tetrachloroethylthio), is widely used as broad spectrum fungicide in agriculture and industrial application. N-sulfenylphthalimide fungicides are relatively low toxic to human and animal by oral administration. However it was reported that the fungicides have carcinogenic and mutagenic potentials, in subacute and chronic toxicity experiments. As mentioned the above, there are many experimental reports on the toxicity of captan and folpet, the toxicological researches on captafol are few, therefore in this experiment we examined the subacute toxicity of captafol which is widely used as fungicide in biochemical parameters in serum. The experimental results were summerized as follows: 1) In captafol administered group, the body weight was significantly decreased but the biochemical parameters such as AST, ALT, LDH, BUN, TG in serum were remarkably elevated in comparison to that of control group. 2) Captafol plus ethanol administered group, serum AST, ALT, BUN were elevated in comparison to that of captafol treated group.

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Bacterial Reverse Mutation Test of Verbenalin

  • Hye Jeong Shin;Yi Gun Lim;Ji Su Ha;Gabsik Yang;Tae Han Yook
    • Journal of Pharmacopuncture
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.364-368
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    • 2022
  • Objectives: Verbenalin is a compound found in herbs such as Cornus officinalis and Verbena officinalis. This study investigated whether verbenalin is safe by analyzing its mutagenicity. Methods: To examine the mutagenic potential of verbenalin, a bacterial reverse mutation test (Ames test) was conducted with Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli strains. Experiments with and without metabolic activity were performed. Results: The mean colony number was less than double that of the control. Growth inhibition and precipitation of verbenalin were not apparent in all strains at different concentrations regardless of metabolic activity. Conclusion: Verbenalin did not show any signs of mutagenicity in this study. Additional toxicity studies including repeated oral toxicity, reproductive toxicity, and carcinogenicity tests are needed.

Inhalation Toxicity Study of H Menthol (Nicotine Free-Tobacco Free) Herbal Cigarettes (H Menthol (Nicotine Free-Tobacco Free) Herbal Cigarette의 흡입독성시험)

  • 강경선;조성대;조종호;김경배;이지해;안남식;정지원;양세란;박준석
    • Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.97-105
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    • 2002
  • Nowadays a huge variety of products that aim to assist to quit smoking or reduce addictive symptoms are developed and manufactured with safety evaluation, but the safety of the most recent products of interest which do not contain tobacco and nicotine, and shape cigarettes is not evaluated and guaranteed relatively. This study was carried out to evaluate the single and repeated dose inhalation toxicity and genotoxicity of H menthol (Nicotine free-tobacco free) herbal cigarettes provided by Cigastop Ltd. in ICR mice. In this study, doses which we determined to expose to mice were 40 cigarettes for 6 hours a day to mice in single dose and 20 (high dose), 10 (middle dose) and 5 cigarettes (low dose) a day for 28 days in repeated dose inhalation toxicity, in vivo chromosome aberration test and micronucleus test. The particulate substances from H menthol herbal cigarettes also were gathered and used in the Salmonella typhimurium/microsome assay (Salmonella test; Ames test). We could find neither significant changes between control and treatment groups nor dose-response effects of test material at all except serum Ca level of female middle dose treatment group in repeated dose inhalation toxicity test. In conclusion, H menthol herbal cigarettes, when applied clinically intended dose we used, might not show any toxic and/or mutagenic effect.

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Evaluation of New Metallized Direct Dyes for Mutagenicity Using the Salmonella Mammalian Mutagenicity Assay

  • Rae Jin-Seok;Freeman Harold S.
    • Fibers and Polymers
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.235-243
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    • 2005
  • A series of new metallized direct dyes based on benzidine congeners, 2,2'-dimethyl-5,5'-dipropoxybenzidine and 5,5'-dipropoxybenzidine, were evaluated for mutagenicity in Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98 and TA 100. All of the dyes examined were judged to be non-mutagenic with and without metabolic activation while toxicity was seen in some dyes at high doses. The study also suggested that the standard Salmonella mutagenicity plate-incorporated assay was an excellent method for evaluation of dyes for mutagenicity.