Detection of mutagenic activity in urine samples using a new concentration procedure

Martine Duverger-van Bogaert, Claudine Stecca, A. Léonard

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    Abstract

    A study performed with cyclophosphamide (CP) and nor-nitrogen mustard (NNM), one of its main urinary metabolites, has shown that separation on Polygosil® C-18 resin is preferable to one on XAD-2 resin as a means of concentrating the mutagenic activity present in urine of rats given cytostatics such as CP. Mutagenic activity was detected, using Salmonella typhimurium tester strain TA1535. While NNM is irreversibly bound to XAD-2 resin, it can be recovered after elution with methanol on Polygosil C-18. The better efficacy of Polygosil® C-18 in concentrating CP and its metabolite(s) was confirmed with experiments with urine of rats treated with increasing doses of CP.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)21-24
    Number of pages4
    JournalMutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis
    Volume178
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    StatePublished - May 1987

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Molecular Biology
    • Genetics
    • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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