Evaluation of mutagenic and antimutagenic potential of stem bark aqueous extracts of eight trees by the bacterial reverse mutation assay

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Stem bark aqueous extracts of eight woody plants Brachychiton populneus, Ceiba pentandra, Bombax malabaricum, Chorisia speciosa, Albizia lebbeck, Bauhinia variegata, Kigelia africana and Pinus halepensis were tested for their mutagenic and antimutagenic potential in the Ames test with Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98 and TA100. The aqueous extracts were neither toxic nor mutagenic in S. typhimurium tester strains. All of the tested extracts showed detectable antimutagenic effect towards the direct acting mutagens 2-nitrofluorene (2-NF) in TA98 as well as sodium azide in TA100. The extract from Kigelia africana was the most effective in reducing the mutagenicity caused by the direct mutagen 2-NF in the TA98 with 85.42% inhibition rate. A. lebbeck stem bark extract demonstrated the highest antimutagenic activity reducing the base substitution mutations rate for strain TA100 by 94.66% in pre-incubation assay. The results obtained showed that the stem bark aqueous extracts tested can protect cells against induced gene mutations.

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Essam Y. Abdul-Hafeez

Assiut University

Author for correspondence.
Email: noresam_2000@yahoo.com

Department of Ornamental, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Faculty of Agriculture

Egypt, Assiut

Nazira S. Karamova

Kazan (Volga region) Federal University

Email: nskaramova@mail.ru

Department of Microbiology

Russian Federation, Kazan

Olga N. Ilinskaya

Kazan (Volga region) Federal University

Email: Ilinskaya_kfu@mail.ru

Department of Microbiology

Russian Federation, Kazan

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