Mutagenic and antimutagenic properties of some lichen species grown in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey

Aslan A., Gulluce M., Agar G., Karadayi M., Bozari S., Orhan F.

All the methanol extracts did not show mutagenic activity in Ames/Salmonella and Z. mays MI test systems. Furthermore, some extracts showed significant antimutagenic activity against 9-AA in Ames test system. Inhibition rates for 9-AA mutagenicity ranged from 25.51 % (P. furfuracea – 0.05 µg/plate) to 66.14 % (C. islandica – 0.05 µg/plate). In addition, all of the extracts showed significant antimutagenic activity against sodium azide (NaN₃) mutagenicity on MI values of Z. mays.

Key words: Lichen extracts; Mutagenicity; Antimutagenicity; Ames Test; Mitotic Index

Tsitologiya i Genetika 2012, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 36-42

• Department of Biology, Kazim Karabekir Education Faculty, Atatürk University, Erzurum, 25240, Turkey
• Department of Biology, Science Faculty, Atatürk University, Erzurum, 25240, Turkey
• Department of Biology, Sciences and Arts Faculty, Mus Alparslan University, Mus, 49100, Turkey
• Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences, Atatürk University, Erzurum, 25240, Turkey

E-mail: mkaradayi atauni.edu.tr

Aslan A., Gulluce M., Agar G., Karadayi M., Bozari S., Orhan F. Mutagenic and antimutagenic properties of some lichen species grown in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, Tsitol Genet., 2012, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 36-42.

In "Cytology and Genetics":
A. Aslan, M. Gulluce, G. Agar, M. Karadayi, S. Bozari, F. Orhan Mutagenic and antimutagenic properties of some lichen species grown in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, Cytol Genet., 2012, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 291-296
DOI: 10.3103/S0095452712050039