Article
A bacterial mutagenicity study of rivanol, an acridine derivative used as an abortifacient.
The Yale journal of biology and medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Wugmeister M, Summers W C
Abstract excerpt
We have used the forward mutation to resistance to 6 azauracil to test the mutagenicity of rivanol (6,9 diamino 2-ethoxy acridine) on Escherichia coli. Rivanol has been used to induce therapeutic abortions in midpregnancy and is considered safe and effective for this purpose. The findings reporte...
Topics
- Abortifacient Agents
- Acridine Orange
- Acridines
- Escherichia coli
- Ethacridine
- Female
- Humans
- Mutagenicity Tests
- Mutation
- Phenotype