title: An evaluation of the genotoxic potential of glyphosate.
abstract: The potential genotoxicity of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide, was tested in a variety of well-established in vitro and in vivo assays including the Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli WP-2 reversion assays, recombination (rec-assay) with Bacillus subtilis. Chinese hamster ovary cell gene mutation assay at the hypoxanthine/guanine phosphoribosyl transferase gene locus, hepatocyte primary culture/DNA repair assay, and in vivo cytogenetics assay in rat bone marrow. No genotoxic activity was observed in the assays performed. The data suggest that glyphosate should not pose a genetic risk to man.
authors.affiliation: Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri 63167.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Long
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000187:drug effects; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005998:Glycine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000633:toxicity; D006540:Herbicides / Q000633:toxicity*; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009153:Mutagens; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D000097797:Glyphosate
chemical_list: D005998:Glycine; D006540:Herbicides; D009153:Mutagens; D000097797:Glyphosate