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Genotoxicity studies with pure trans-capsaicin.
Mutation research - 10 Jan 2004
Chanda Sanjay, Erexson Greg, Riach Colin, Innes Dawn, Stevenson Frances, Murli Hemalatha, Bley Keith
Abstract excerpt
Both positive and negative effects have been found in classical genetic toxicology assays with capsaicin. However, the capsaicin tested in most studies has been derived from pepper plant extracts, which is likely to display varying degrees of purity and possibly diverse impurity profiles. Therefore, the objective of the series of studies reported here was to test the genotoxic potential of pure, synthetic...
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