Mutagens in larger fungi. II. The mutagenicity of commercial pickled Lactarius necator in the Salmonella assay.

doi:10.1016/0165-7992(82)90149-x

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Mutagens in larger fungi. II. The mutagenicity of commercial pickled Lactarius necator in the Salmonella assay.

Mutation research - 1 Jan 2000

Sterner O, Bergman R, Franzén C, Kesler E, Nilsson L

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In the course of an ongoing screening of larger mushrooms for the occurrence of chemical mutagens, 33 out of 48 species tested exhibited a significant direct mutagenic activity in the Salmonella/microsome assay (Sterner et al., 1982). (No mutagens requiring metabolic activation were indicated.) T...

Topics

Basidiomycota
Food Handling
Mutagenicity Tests
Mutagens
Mutation
Salmonella typhimurium
Species Specificity

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