title: Genotoxicity tests on D-tagatose.
abstract: D-tagatose is a low-calorie sweetener that tastes like sucrose. Its genotoxic potential was examined in five standard assays: the Ames Salmonella typhimurium reverse mutation assay, the Escherichia coli/mammalian microsome assay, a chromosomal aberration assay in Chinese hamster ovary cells, a mouse lymphoma forward mutation assay, and an in vivo mouse micronucleus assay. D-tagatose was not found to increase the number of revertants per plate relative to vehicle controls in either the S. typhimurium tester strains or the WP2uvrA- tester strain with or without metabolic activation at doses up to 5000 microg/plate. No significant increase in Chinese hamster ovary cells with chromosomal aberrations was observed at concentrations up to 5000 microg/ml with or without metabolic activation. D-tagatose was not found to increase the mutant frequency in mouse lymphoma L5178Y cells with or without metabolic activation up to concentrations of 5000 microg/ml. D-tagatose caused no significant increase in micronuclei in bone marrow polychromatic erythrocytes at doses up to 5000 mg/kg. D-tagatose was not found to be genotoxic under the conditions of any of the assays described above.
authors.affiliation: Environ Corporation, 4350 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Kruger
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Whittaker
authors.forename: V H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Frankos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016466:CHO Cells; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D006224:Cricetinae; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006601:Hexoses / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D015162:Micronucleus Tests; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009154:Mutation; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D013549:Sweetening Agents / Q000633:toxicity*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D006601:Hexoses; D013549:Sweetening Agents; C030192:tagatose