title: Evidence for the absence of mutagenic activity of furfuryl alcohol in tests of germ cells in Drosophila melanogaster.
abstract: Furfuryl alcohol was evaluated for mutagenic activity in D. melanogaster by means of the sex-linked recessive lethal test and the sex-chromosome loss test. Brooding was employed in order to test different stages of spermatogenesis. No evidence was found of a mutagenic effect after adult injection and larval feeding.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Arnaiz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ramos Morales
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Moctezuma
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Bernal Salas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster; D005663:Furans / Q000633:toxicity*; D005804:Genes, Lethal; D005854:Germ Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009154:Mutation / Q000187:drug effects*; D012730:Sex Chromosomes
chemical_list: D005663:Furans; C012986:furfuryl alcohol