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Clastogenicity of red pepper (Capsicum frutescens L.) extracts
I M Villaseñor1, E J de Ocampo
1Institute of Chemistry, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.
Mutation Research
|April 1, 1994
Abstract:
Extracts from the fruits of Capsicum frutescens L. were tested for their clastogenicity using the mouse-bone-marrow micronucleus (mouse-MN) assay. Results of the mouse-MN, an in vivo method, indicated that the isolate CF-1 is clastogenic at the maximum tolerated dose of 1.22 mg/kg mouse. Statistical analysis using the Wilcoxon two-sample test showed that the null hypothesis, mu tetracycline = muCF-1, is acceptable at 0.05 and 0.01 degrees of significance. Hence, the clastogenicity of CF-1 is statistically similar to that of tetracycline, a known clastogen, at the 5% and 1% levels of significance.