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Identification of a mutagenic substance in a spice, sumac, as quercetin
Mutation Research
|November 1, 1978
Abstract:
The mutagenicity of a spice, sumac, was demonstrated on Salmonella typhimurium strain TA98. The active principle was purified and characterized by thin-layer chromatography, UV-absorption spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. All the mutagenic activity of sumac was found to be due to quercetin.