Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Science 30 July 1965:
Vol. 149. no. 3683, pp. 541 - 542
DOI: 10.1126/science.149.3683.541
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

Articles

Cycasin: Radiomimetic Effect

Howard J. Teas 1, Hally J. Sax 1, and Karl Sax 1

1 Division of Biological Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens

Cycasin, methylazoxy-methanol-beta-glucoside, a carcinogenic compound that occurs naturally in cycad plants, induces chromosome aberrations in the root-tip cells of Allium cepa. Germination and growth in an aqueous solution of cycasin at a concentration of only 3 percent of that found in Cycas circinalis induced as many aberrations in chromosomes as did about 200 roentgens of gamma irradiation.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Mutagenicity of Cycasin Aglycone (Methylazoxymethanol), a Naturally Occurring Carcinogen.
D. W. E. Smith (1966)
Science 152, 1273-1274
   Abstract »    PDF »


To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)