Salmonella mutagenicity tests: V. Results from the testing of 311 chemicals

Environ Mol Mutagen. 1992:19 Suppl 21:2-141. doi: 10.1002/em.2850190603.

Abstract

311 chemicals were tested under code, for mutagenicity, in Salmonella typhimurium; 35 of the chemicals were tested more than once in the same or different laboratories. The tests were conducted using a preincubation protocol in the absence of exogenous metabolic activation, and in the presence of liver S-9 from Aroclor-induced male Sprague-Dawley rats and Syrian hamsters. Some of the volatile chemicals were also tested in desiccators. A total of 120 chemicals were mutagenic or weakly mutagenic, 3 were judged questionable, and 172 were non-mutagenic. The remaining 16 chemicals produced different responses in the two or three laboratories in which they were tested. The results and data from these tests are presented.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carcinogens / chemistry
  • Carcinogens / toxicity*
  • Cricetinae
  • Male
  • Mesocricetus
  • Mutagenicity Tests*
  • Mutagens / chemistry
  • Mutagens / toxicity*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Salmonella typhimurium / drug effects*

Substances

  • Carcinogens
  • Mutagens