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Title: Mutagenicity and antimutagenicity of hispidulin and hortensin, the flavonoids from Millingtonia hortensis L

Journal Article · · Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis; (United States)

Studies of the mutagenicity and antimutagenicity of hispidulin and hortensin, the flavonoids from Millingtonia hortensis L. (Bignoniaceae), were performed using the liquid preincubation method of the Salmonella/microsome test. At the highest dose tested, 100 [mu]g/plate, both compounds showed no mutagenicity and no cytotoxicity toward S. typhimurium strains TA98 and TA100 either in the presence or absence of S9 mix. However, these substances were antimutagens toward 2-aminoanthracene, aflatoxin B1 (in TA98), and dimethylnitrosamine (in TA100); but neither substance inhibited the direct mutagenic activity of 2-(2-furyl)-3-(5-nitro-2-furyl) acrylamide nor that of sodium azide in strains TA98 and TA100, respectively. 22 refs., 4 figs., 2 tab.

OSTI ID:
6526744
Journal Information:
Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis; (United States), Vol. 20:4; ISSN 0893-6692
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English