chlorophyllin/dichloromethane

Chlorophyllin (CHL), a sodium/copper salt of chlorophyll used in the treatment of geriatric patients, exhibits potent antimutagenic activity in a range of assays in vitro and in vivo. The protective effects of CHL were studied in Sprague-Dawley rats using inhibition of carcinogen-DNA binding as an

Different samples of ambient particulate organic matter were collected during the summer and winter of 1990 in Mexico City. After dichloromethane extraction, the samples were tested for mutagenicity with derivatives of Salmonella typhimurium possessing high activity of 'classical' nitroreductase