| Literature DB >> 17817846 |
J N Pitts, D M Lokensgard, P S Ripley, K A VAN Cauwenberghe, L VAN Vaeck, S D Shaffer, A J Thill, W L Belser.
Abstract
Benzo[a]pyrene deposited on a glass fiber filter reacts rapidly in the dark or light with ambient levels of ozone to yield a mixture of products that display strong direct mutagenicity in the Ames assay. The major stable contributor to this activity has been identified as benzo[a]pyrene-4,5-oxide, a DNA-binding metabolite in biological systems, known to be a strong direct mutagen with Salmonella typhimurium strain TA98.Entities:
Year: 1980 PMID: 17817846 DOI: 10.1126/science.210.4476.1347
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728