| Literature DB >> 6362076 |
R S Jones, M Ali, C Ioannides, J A Styles, J Ashby, J Sulej, D V Parke.
Abstract
Known and proposed metabolites of shikimic acid were synthesised, characterised and tested for genotoxic activity using the Salmonella/mammalian microsome mutagenicity test, the bacterial fluctuation mutagenicity test and the BHK 21 cell transformation test. Under the conditions used, none of these compounds showed any activity. However, shikimic acid itself was active in the BHK 21 cell transformation assay. It therefore seems unlikely that shikimic acid is a carcinogenic initiating agent, but it may act as a carcinogen-promoting agent in the bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum).Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID： 6362076 DOI： 10.1016/0378-4274(83)90260-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Toxicol Lett ISSN： 0378-4274 Impact factor: 4.372