Chemical mutagenesis testing in Drosophila. IV. Results of 45 coded compounds tested for the National Toxicology Program

Environ Mutagen. 1985;7(3):349-67. doi: 10.1002/em.2860070310.

Abstract

Results from Drosophila mutagenicity tests of 45 chemical compounds assayed for the National Toxicology Program are presented. Nine compounds were judged positive and four equivocal in the sex-linked recessive lethal test. The nine positive compounds were acetin, allyl glycidyl ether, cyclophosphamide, 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane, 2,3-dibromo-1-propanol, dimethylcarbamyl chloride, 1,2-epoxy-butane, lasiocarpine, and N-nitrosopiperidine. The results for chloral hydrate, maleic hydrazide, propantheline bromide, and trifluralin were equivocal. Of the nine compounds positive in recessive lethal induction, only two--allyl glycidyl ether and dimethylcarbamyl chloride--failed to induce translocations. The remaining 32 were judged to be nonmutagenic under the conditions used.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carcinogens
  • Drosophila melanogaster / drug effects*
  • Genes, Lethal
  • Genetic Linkage
  • Male
  • Mutagenicity Tests / standards*
  • Mutagens
  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Spermatogenesis / drug effects
  • Translocation, Genetic

Substances

  • Carcinogens
  • Mutagens