Objective: To assess the genotoxicity and embryotoxicity of bicyclol methyl ether(BME), the main impurity in bicyclol. Methods: Five concentrations of BME(0.5, 5, 50, 500 and 5000 μg/plate) were used in the Ames test...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41076075,31472274 and 31172391);Scholarship Foundation for Excellent Scientists of Shandong Province(Grant No.BS2011 SW054);open foundation from Institute of Marine Biodiversity and Evolution(Grant No.20132017)
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Acknowledgments This research was supported by the OU-WB (Oakland University-William Beaumont) Interdisciplinary Research Program, Oakland University, Michigan Research Excellence Fund, and the SIBHI (Summer Institute of Bioengineering and Health Informatics), which was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. We are thankful for Ms. Loan Dong and Dr. Harvey Qu for TEM studies and statistical analysis, respectively.
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