Assessment of genotoxic effect of piperine using Salmonella typhimurium and somatic and somatic and germ cells of Swiss albino mice.
Piperine (CAS 94-62-2) is a constituent of various spices and is used as a common food additive all over the world. The genotoxic potential of piperine was assessed using four different test systems, namely, Ames test using Salmonella typhimurium, micronucleus test, sperm shape abnormality test and dominant lethal test using Swiss albino mice. In the Ames test, six different doses of piperine, in the range of 0.005-10 mumol/plate, did not induce his+ revertants, with or without metabolic activation, indicating its nonmutagenic nature. In the bone narrow micronucleus test using two doses in the range of therapeutic usage (10 and 20 mg/kg body weight), piperine itself was non-mutagenic. Like in somatic cells, piperine (10 and 50 mg/kg body weight) failed to induce mutations in male germ cells of mouse as assessed by using the sperm shape abnormality and dominant lethal tests. Piperine thus appears to be a non-genotoxic chemical.
Karekar
V R
VR
Division of Animal Sciences, Agharkar Research Institute (Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science), Pune, India.
Mujumdar
A M
AM
Joshi
S S
SS
Dhuley
J
J
Shinde
S L
SL
Ghaskadbi
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S
D000470:Alkaloids; D000818:Animals; D052117:Benzodioxoles; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D005804:Genes, Lethal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D005854:Germ Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D006639:Histidine / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D015162:Micronucleus Tests; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009153:Mutagens / Q000633:toxicity*; D010880:Piperidines / Q000633:toxicity*; D053284:Polyunsaturated Alkamides; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000648:ultrastructure
D000470:Alkaloids; D052117:Benzodioxoles; D009153:Mutagens; D010880:Piperidines; D053284:Polyunsaturated Alkamides; D006639:Histidine; C008922:piperine