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A mutagen precursor in Chinese cabbage, indole-3-acetonitrile, which becomes mutagenic on nitrite treatment.
Mutation research - 1 Jan 2000
Wakabayashi K, Nagao M, Ochiai M, Tahira T, Yamaizumi Z, Sugimura T
Abstract excerpt
After treatment with nitrite, Chinese cabbage showed direct-acting mutagenicity on Salmonella typhimurium TA100 inducing 3100 revertants per g. One of the mutagen precursors that became mutagenic after nitrite treatment was isolated, and identified as indole-3-acetonitrile. After treatment with n...
Topics
- Biotransformation
- Indoles
- Mutagenicity Tests
- Mutation
- Nitrites
- Plants, Edible
- Salmonella typhimurium