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Title: Effect of solvent and extraction methods on the bacterial mutagenicity of sidestream cigarette smoke

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5178159

The mutagenic activity of sidestream cigarette-smoke particles was estimated by testing sidestream cigarette-smoke particles that had been collected under controlled burning conditions in the laboratory. Two different extraction methods (Soxhlet and ultrasonic agitation) and 3 different solvents (dichloromethane, methanol, and acetone) were compared for their efficiencies in the extraction of compounds from sidestream cigarette-smoke particles that are mutagenic in the Ames test. The mutagenic activity of the sidestream smoke particles was estimated to be 15,000-20,000 revertants per cigarette in TA98 with metabolic activation and 12,000-17,000 revertants per cigarette in TA100 without metabolic activation.

Research Organization:
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (USA). Health Effects Research Lab.
OSTI ID:
5178159
Report Number(s):
PB-88-182381/XAB; EPA-600/J-87/256
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Pub. in Toxicology Letters, Vol. 38, 279-290(1987)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English