Article
Mutagenic activity of non-volatile organic matter associated with suspended matter in urban air.
Mutation research - 1 Jan 2000
de Wiest F, Rondia D, Gol-Winkler R, Gielen J
Abstract excerpt
Extracts of atmospheric suspended matter showed a direct mutagenic effect in the Ames test. This effect was increased by metabolic activation. These extracts were separated into an aliphatic, an aromatic and a polar fraction. The aliphatic fraction had no effect, with or without activation; the aromatic fraction showed the greatest mutagenicity with and without activation; the polar fraction was also mutagenic,...
Topics
- Air
- Animals
- Belgium
- Biotransformation
- Humans
- Microsomes, Liver
- Mutagenicity Tests
- Mutagens
- Mutation
- Rats
- Salmonella typhimurium
- Urban Population