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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-12-3
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of four extraction parameters (type of solvent, temperature, duration of extraction, and soil mass/solvent volume ratio) on the mutagenicity of soil extracts. Four urban soil samples were submitted to the micro-method adaptation of the Ames test on Salmonella typhimurium according to the following sequence: identification of the most sensitive strain (TA98 or TA100), the best solvent(s), the optimum extraction temperature and extraction time, and finally the optimal soil/solvent ratio. Extraction was thus performed using eight different solvents (distilled water, dichloromethane, acetonitrile, acetone, cyclohexane, methanol, hexane, or ethanol), two temperatures (room temperature or 37 degrees C), two durations (4 or 24 h), and two soil mass/solvent volume ratios (1:2 or 1:10). The results show that strain TA98 was more sensitive than strain TA100, and the observed mutagenicity was expressed as number of TA98 revertants per mg of soil equivalent. No mutagenicity was induced by the distilled water extracts, whereas most of the organic solvent extracts induced a significant mutagenic response. A dichloromethane/acetone mixture appeared to be the best compromise for extraction of mutagens from the urban soils tested. Moreover, the present study showed that a higher mutagenic activity was generally obtained with a temperature of 37 degrees C (compared to room temperature), with an extraction time of 24 h (compared to 4 h), and with a soil mass/solvent volume ratio of 1:10 (compared to 1:2).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0027-5107
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
565
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
23-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-4-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Influence of extraction parameters on the mutagenicity of soil samples.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Toxicologie, Institut Pasteur de Lille, 1 rue du Professeur Calmette, BP 245, F-59019 Lille Cedex, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article