MUTAGENIC EFFECT ON THE YEAST SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE OF PHOTOACTIVATED METHOXY-DERIVATIVES OF 2-NITRO NAPHTHO [2,1-B] FURAN

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 295  (3) , 181-184
Abstract
2-Nitro 7-methoxy naphtho [2,1-b] furan (R 7000) and 2-nitro 8-methoxy naphtho [2,1-b] furan, which are highly mutagenic on the bacterium Salmonella typhimurium, have little activity on the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Irradiation at 365 nm elicits a weak but significant increase of their mutagenic activity on this yeast.