Article
Intermediate frequency magnetic fields do not have mutagenic, co-mutagenic or gene conversion potentials in microbial genotoxicity tests.
Mutation research - 8 Jan 2008
Nakasono Satoshi, Ikehata Masateru, Dateki Minori, Yoshie Sachiko, Shigemitsu Tsukasa, Negishi Tadashi
Abstract excerpt
We used bacterial mutation and yeast genotoxicity tests to evaluate the effects of intermediate frequency (IF; 2 kHz, 20 kHz and 60 kHz) magnetic fields (MFs) on mutagenicity, co-mutagenicity and gene conversion. We constructed a Helmholtz type exposure system that generated vertical and sinusoidal IF MFs, such as 0.91 mT at 2 kHz, 1.1 mT at 20 kHz and 0.11 mT at 60 kHz. Mutagenicity, co-mutagenicity and gene...
Topics
- Escherichia coli
- Gene Conversion
- Magnetics
- Mutagenicity Tests
- Mutation
- Point Mutation
- Salmonella typhimurium
- Yeasts