Article
[The mutagenicity of some insecticides in the Salmonella/microsome test system].
Mikrobiyoloji bulteni - 1 Apr 1990
Sümer S, Diril N, Izbirak A
Abstract excerpt
The mutagenic effects of 4 insecticides, i.e., bioallethrin, tetramethrin, propoxur, lethane and three commercial formulation of insecticides i.e. asbo, formulation I, formulation II was determined in a standard Salmonella typhimurium assay with the use of strains TA 98 and TA 100. Bioallethrin was found to be a weak mutagen in the TA 100 and TA 98 strains of S. typhimurium, whereas propoxur, formulation I showed...
Topics
- Allethrins
- Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated
- Insecticides
- Mutagenicity Tests
- Mutation
- Propoxur
- Pyrethrins
- Salmonella typhimurium
- Thiocyanates