title: Mutagenicity and dominant lethal test of kojic acid--Ames test, forward mutation test in cultured Chinese hamster cells and dominant lethal test in mice.
abstract: The mutagenicity of kojic acid was studied by means of reversion mutation test in bacteria (Ames test), forward mutation test in cultured Chinese hamster cells and dominant lethal test in mice. A positive result was obtained only in Ames test (TA 98, 1535 and 100) which was not modified by the presence of S-9 fraction. Thus, it is concluded that although kojic acid is a weak mutagen in bacteria, it is nonmutagenic in eukaryotic systems either in vivo or in vitro.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant / Q000187:drug effects*; D005804:Genes, Lethal / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009153:Mutagens; D011714:Pyrans / Q000633:toxicity*; D011753:Pyrones / Q000633:toxicity*; D012475:Salmonella / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D009153:Mutagens; D011714:Pyrans; D011753:Pyrones; C011890:kojic acid