The mutagenic activity of more than 120 antimicrobial agents and protective components was investigated. Only Kathon showed a consistent increase in revertant counts in the Ames test on Salmonella typhimurium. The hereditary bleaching test on Euglena gracilis used for detecting extranuclear mutations, showed positive results for Kathon, triethanolamine and diamine silver tetraborate.

• MeSH
• Biological Assay methods   MeSH
• Borates adverse effects   pharmacology   MeSH
• Ethanolamines adverse effects   pharmacology   MeSH
• Euglena gracilis drug effects   genetics   MeSH
• Cosmetics adverse effects   pharmacology   MeSH
• Mutagenesis MeSH
• Salmonella typhimurium drug effects   MeSH
• Mutagenicity Tests methods   MeSH
• Thiazoles adverse effects   pharmacology   MeSH
• Hair Preparations adverse effects   pharmacology   MeSH
• Animals MeSH
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• Animals MeSH
• Publication type
• Journal Article MeSH
• Geographicals
• Czechoslovakia MeSH
• Names of Substances
• Borates MeSH
• Ethanolamines MeSH
• Kathon 886 MeSH Browser
• Cosmetics MeSH
• tetraborate MeSH Browser
• Thiazoles MeSH
• triethanolamine MeSH Browser
• Hair Preparations MeSH