Article
Mutagenicity induced by hyperthermia, hot mate infusion, and hot caffeine in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Cancer research - 1 Dec 1993
Candreva E C, Keszenman D J, Barrios E, Gelós U, Nunes E
Abstract excerpt
Mate, an infusion containing caffeine (3 g/liter), is drunk hot by most Uruguayan, North Argentinian, and South Brazilian people. This beverage has been recently associated with esophageal cancer in Brazil and Uruguay. To test the mutagenic and lethal effects of mate infusion, caffeine, hyperther...
Topics
- Beverages
- Caffeine
- Cell Survival
- DNA Damage
- Hot Temperature
- Mutation
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae