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Table 2 Ames test performed for SCB employing the histidine-requiring Salmonella typhimurium mutant TA98 and TA100 strains

From: Biological activity of new bioactive steroids deriving from biotransformation of cortisone

 

Salmonella typhimurium TA98

Salmonella typhimurium TA100

− S9

 + S9

− S9

 + S9

average

SD

t/c

average

SD

t/c

average

SD

t/c

average

SD

t/c

DMSO

24

4

1.0

32

4

1.0

166

10

1.0

191

15

1.0

C + 

1142

99

47.0

1302

59

40.0

1002

56

6.0

2477

110

13.0

1

24

5

1.0

34

4

1.1

157

9

0.9

190

9

1.0

5

23

5

0.9

35

3

1.1

169

11

1.0

194

10

1.0

10

22

4

0.9

35

5

1.1

164

7

1.0

193

12

1.0

50

21

5

0.9

31

5

1.0

169

11

1.0

189

9

1.0

100

19

2

0.8

30

5

0.9

180

11

1.1

195

8

1.0

  1. t/c: number of revertant colonies in treated plates/number of revertant colonies in untreated plates
  2. aSignificant values according to Ames computation
  3. DMSO, C +  negative and positive controls respectively, SD: Standard deviation