Mutagenicity of Experimental Inhalational Anesthetic Agents

Abstract
A modification of the Ames bacterial assay system employing 2 histidine-dependent strains of Salmonella typhimurium, TA1535 and TA100, was used to test the mutagenicity [potential carcinogenicity] of 4 experimental, inhalational anesthetic agents: sevoflurane, synthane, dioxychlotrane and dioxyflurane. None of the anesthetics was mutagenic. Increased activity was seen only with vinylidene chloride, the positive control.

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