Cytogenetic Effects of Contrast Media and Triiodobenzoic Acid Derivatives in Human Lymphocytes

Abstract
Micronuclei counts in blood samples from 9 patients before and after angiocardiography confirmed previous results suggesting the diatrizoate contrast medium was largely responsible for the observed cytogenetic damage. To discover the agents in the medium causing the cytogenetic damage, human lymphocyte cultures were exposed to diatrizoate and to the monoamino- and diamino-derivatives of triiodobenzoic acid. The amino-derivatives are capable of inhibiting mitosis and inducing micronuclei and chromosome aberrations at lower concentrations than diatrizoate.

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