Chemical mutagenesis testing in drosophila. IV. Results of 45 coded compounds tested for the national toxicology program

1 January 1985

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in Environmental Mutagenesis

Vol. 7 (3) , 349-367
https://doi.org/10.1002/em.2860070310

Abstract

Results from Drosophila mutagenicity tests of 45 chemcial compounds assayed for the National Toxicology Program are presented. Nine compounds were judged positive and four equivocal in the sex‐linked recessive lethal test. The nine positive compounds were acetin, allyl glycidyl ether, cyclophosphamide, 1,2‐dibromo‐3‐chloropropane, 2,3‐dibromo‐1‐propanol, dimethylcarbamyl chloride, 1,2‐epoxybutane, lasiocarpine, and N‐nitrosopiperidine. The results for chloral hydrate, maleic hydrazide, propantheline bromide, and trifluralin were equivocal. Of the nine compounds positive in recessive lethal induction, only two—allyl glycidyl ether and dimethylcarbamyl chloride—failed to induce translocations. The remaining 32 were judged to be nonmutagenic under the conditions used.

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