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Table 1 Mutagens used in this study

From: Evaluation of acetone as a solvent for the Ames test

Chemical name

Abbreviation

CAS No.

Source

Purity

Methyl methansulfonate

MMS

66–27-3

Tokyo Chemical

> 98.0

Cyclophosphamide hydrate

CP

6055–19-2

Shionogi

JPa

Methyl yellow

MY

60–11-7

Tokyo Chemical

GRb

2-Acetylaminofluorene

2-AAF

53–96-3

Tokyo Chemical

> 98.0

Quinoline

 

91–22-5

Tokyo Chemical

> 98.0

7,12-Dimethylbenz [a]anthracene

DBA

57–97-6

Tokyo Chemical

> 98.0

2-Aminoanthracene

2AA

613–13-8

FUJIFILM Wako Pure

96.7

N-Nitrosopyrrolidine

NP

930–55-2

Sigma-Aldrich

> 98.0

Benzo [a]pyrene

BP

50–32-8

Sigma-Aldrich

> 96.0

Sodium azide

SA

26,628–22-8

FUJIFILM Wako Pure

99.9

2-Nitrofluorene

2-NF

607–57-8

Tokyo Chemical

> 99.0

9-Aminoacridine hydrochloride monohydrate

9AA

52,417–22-8

Tokyo Chemical

99.4

2-(2-Furyl)-3-(5-nitro-2-furyl)acrylamide

AF2

3688-53-7

FUJIFILM Wako Pure

> 98.0

4-Nitroquinoline 1-oxide

4NQO

56–57-5

Tokyo Chemical

> 99.0

  1. aJapanese Pharmacopoeia
  2. bGR: manufacturer-guaranteed reagent, and purity not specifically determined