| Literature DB >> 11038233 |
L M Arterburn1, K D Boswell, T Lawlor, M A Cifone, H Murli, D J Kyle.
Abstract
ARASCO and DHASCO oils are microbially-derived triglycerides rich in arachidonic (20:4n-6) and docosahexaenoic (22:6n-3) acids, respectively. Both oils were tested for mutagenic activity in three different in vitro mutagenesis assays. All assays were conducted with and without metabolic activation. Neither ARASCO nor DHASCO oil was mutagenic in the Ames reverse mutation assay using five different Salmonella histidine auxotroph tester strains, nor were the oils mutagenic in the mouse lymphoma TK(+/-) forward mutation assay. The oils showed no clastogenic activity in chromosomal aberration assays performed with Chinese hamster ovary cells. Based on these assays, neither ARASCO nor DHASCO oils appear to have any genotoxic potential.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 11038233 DOI: 10.1016/s0278-6915(00)00085-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Food Chem Toxicol ISSN: 0278-6915 Impact factor: 6.023