Article
The mutagenicity of edible mushrooms in a histidine-independent bacterial test system.
Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association - 1 Mar 1991
Grüter A, Friederich U, Würgler F E
Abstract excerpt
In mutagenicity screening of 40 edible mushroom species, special attention was paid to the selection of the test system, since complex mixtures such as mushroom extracts may interfere with the genetic endpoint of the assay. This paper shows that the weak mutagenicity of some mushrooms in the Ames...
Topics
- Basidiomycota
- False Positive Reactions
- Histidine
- Mutagenicity Tests
- Mutation
- Salmonella typhimurium