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A reactive metabolite of furan, cis-2-butene-1,4-dial, is mutagenic in the Ames assay.
Chemical research in toxicology - 1 Jul 2000
Peterson L A, Naruko K C, Predecki D P
Abstract excerpt
Furan is classified as a nongenotoxic hepatocarcinogen. It is thought to be activated to a toxic metabolite, cis-2-butene-1,4-dial, which is acutely toxic to liver cells. The resulting cytotoxicity is followed by compensatory cell proliferation, increasing the likelihood of tumor production. We examined the genotoxic activity of cis-2-butene-1,4-dial in several strains of Salmonella typhimurium commonly used in...
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