Skip to main content
British Journal of Cancer logoLink to British Journal of Cancer
. 1978 Jul;38(1):148–150. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1978.175

Lack of initiating activity in mutagens which are not carcinogenic.

M M Coombs, T S Bhatt
PMCID: PMC2009685  PMID: 687513

Full text

PDF
148

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Coombs M. M., Bhatt T. S., Croft C. J. Correlation between carcinogenicity and chemical structure in cyclopenta(a)phenanthrenes. Cancer Res. 1973 Apr;33(4):832–837. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Coombs M. M., Bhatt T. S., Vose C. W. The relationship between metabolism, DNA binding, and carcinogenicity of 15,16-dihydro-11-methylcyclopenta(alpha)phenanthren-17-one in the presence of a microsomal enzyme inhibitor. Cancer Res. 1975 Feb;35(2):305–309. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Coombs M. M., Dixon C., Kissonerghis A. M. Evaluation of the mutagenicity of compounds of known carcinogenicity, belonging to the benz[a]anthracene, chrysene, and cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene series, using Ames's test. Cancer Res. 1976 Dec;36(12):4525–4529. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Coombs M. M., Jaitly S. B., Crawley F. E. Potentially carcinogenic cyclopenta[a]phenanthrenes. IV. Synthesis of 17-ketones by the Stobbe condensation. J Chem Soc Perkin 1. 1970;9:1266–1271. doi: 10.1039/j39700001266. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Coombs M. M. Potentially carcinogenic cyclopenta[a]phenanthrenes (1,2-cyclopentenophenanthrenes). I. A new synthesis of 15,16-dihydro-17-oxocyclopenta[a]phenanthrene and the phenanthrene analogue of 18-noroestrone methyl ether. J Chem Soc Perkin 1. 1966;10:955–962. doi: 10.1039/j39660000955. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. McCann J., Ames B. N. Detection of carcinogens as mutagens in the Salmonella/microsome test: assay of 300 chemicals: discussion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1976 Mar;73(3):950–954. doi: 10.1073/pnas.73.3.950. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Purchase I. F., Longstaff E., Ashby J., Styles J. A., Anderson D., Lefevre P. A., Westwood F. R. Evaluation of six short term tests for detecting organic chemical carcinogens and recommendations for their use. Nature. 1976 Dec 16;264(5587):624–627. doi: 10.1038/264624a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from British Journal of Cancer are provided here courtesy of Cancer Research UK

RESOURCES