Article
[Mutagenicity of rice-straw and -husk ashes by Ames test].
[Nihon koshu eisei zasshi] Japanese journal of public health - 1 Jul 1991
Shibuya N
Abstract excerpt
In the rice-producing district of Japan, environmental pollution by smoke from burnt rice straws has become a matter of concern. The mutagenicity of fly- and bottom-ashes of rice-straw and -husk was assayed by the Ames test, TA100 +/- S9 and TA98 +/- S9, and the relationship of combustion temperature to mutagenicity was investigated. Fly ash showed weak mutagenicity at 300 degrees C, with no remarkable change in...
Topics
- Mutagenicity Tests
- Mutation
- Oryza