The mutagenic potential of madder root in dyeing processes in the textile industry

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 605, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 22-29

  Jäger, Ismene ^a   Hafner, Christoph ^a   Welsch, Claudia ^a   Schneider, Klaus ^b   Iznaguen, Hassan ^c   Westendorf, Johannes ^c  

^a Hydrotox GmbH   (Germany)

^b FoBiG GmbH   (Germany)

^c University Medical School Hamburg Eppendorf   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ames test; Anthraquinones; Madder root; Mutagenicity; Plant dyes; Textile

Indexed keywords

1,3 DIHYDROXY 2 HYDROXYMETHYL 9,10 ANTHRAQUINONE; ALIZARIN; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; DYE; PURPUROXANTHINE; RUBIADIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE; COLORING AGENT; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; LUCIDINE A; MUTAGENIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTAGEN TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBIA; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WOOL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ETHICS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PLANT ROOT; SALMONELLA;

RODENTIA; RUBIA TINCTORUM;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAQUINONES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLORING AGENTS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS WITH 4 OR MORE RINGS; HUMANS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; QUINOLINES; RUBIA; SALMONELLA; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WOOL; XANTHINES;

EID: 33747325404     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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