aristolic acid/salmonella infections

Aristolochic acid I and II, two naturally occurring nitroaromatics, were studied for their mutagenicity in Salmonella typhimurium tester strains YG1020, 1021, 1024, 1025, 1026 and 1029 without exogenous metabolic activation. These strains contain multicopy plasmids which carry the genes for the

Aristolochic acid (1), a constituent of Aristolochia species, has been used for medicinal purposes since the Graeco-Roman period. Following the observation that the compound was mutagenic and carcinogenic, it was removed from pharmaceutical products. Consistent with previous reports, we have found