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Mutagenicity of furfural in plasmid DNA.
Cancer letters - 10 Feb 1995
Khan Q A, Shamsi F A, Hadi S M
Abstract excerpt
Furfural is recognized as a dietary mutagen and is present in various foods and beverages. We have examined the mutagenic effect of furfural induced lesions in plasmid pBluescript SK(+/-). There was a progressive decrease in the transformation capacity of the plasmid as a function of furfural concentration with a concomitant increase in the number of mutant plasmids. Several mutant plasmids with reduced...
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