Mutagenic activity in the wine-making process: correlations with rutin and quercetin levels.

doi:10.1093/mutage/5.4.393

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Mutagenic activity in the wine-making process: correlations with rutin and quercetin levels.

Mutagenesis - 1 Jul 1990

Rueff J, Laires A, Gaspar J, Rodrigues A

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Mutagenic activity was monitored during the time course of the vinification process of a Portuguese red wine using the Ames assay. Dependence upon faecalase treatment for detection of mutagenicity was evaluated concurrently with HPLC analysis of the flavonoids rutin and quercetin. Rutin (querceti...

Topics

Animals
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Flavonoids
Humans
Mutagenicity Tests
Mutation
Quercetin
Rats
Rutin
Wine

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