title: Antimutagenic properties of fresh-water blue-green algae.
abstract: The antimutagenic properties of whole fresh-water blue-green algae Aphanisomenon flos-aquae, marketed under the commercial name "Alpha Sun" were tested using the Ames test. Simultaneous addition of both algae and Nitrovin (a mutagen) to the test medium did not reduce the mutagenic activity. On the other hand, addition of freeze-dried blue-green algae to the test medium 2-24 h before the application of mutagen reduced its mutagenic activity.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular and Subcellular Biology, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lahitová
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doupovcová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zvonár
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chandoga
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hocman
mesh_terms: D016587:Antimutagenic Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D005618:Fresh Water; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009610:Nitrovin / Q000494:pharmacology; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D016587:Antimutagenic Agents; D009610:Nitrovin