title: The mutagenicity of dichloroacetaldehyde.
abstract: Dichloroacetaldehyde, a presumed metabolite of the insecticides dichlorvos and trichlorphon, is mutagenic in the Salmonella/microsome test. Its mutagenic potency is higher than that of the established mutagen dichlorvos. It is possible that the bacterial mutagenicity test only or mainly detects the effect of methylation by dichlorvos.
mesh_terms: D000079:Acetaldehyde / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001681:Biological Assay; D009153:Mutagens; D012475:Salmonella / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D009153:Mutagens; D000079:Acetaldehyde