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In Vitro Studies on the Genotoxic Effects of Wood Smoke Flavors

  • Chung, Young-Shin (Medvill Co., Ltd) ;
  • Ahn, Jun-Ho (Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, University of Incheon) ;
  • Eum, Ki-Hwan (Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, University of Incheon) ;
  • Choi, Seon-A (Medvill Co., Ltd) ;
  • Oh, Se-Wook (Korea Food Research Institute) ;
  • Kim, Yun-Ji (Korea Food Research Institute) ;
  • Park, Sue-Nie (Division of Genetic Toxicology, National Institute of Toxicological Research, Korea Food and Drug Administration) ;
  • Yum, Young-Na (Division of Genetic Toxicology, National Institute of Toxicological Research, Korea Food and Drug Administration) ;
  • Kim, Joo-Hwan (Division of Genetic Toxicology, National Institute of Toxicological Research, Korea Food and Drug Administration) ;
  • Lee, Michael (Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, University of Incheon)
  • Published : 2008.12.01
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Abstract

Smoke flavors based on the thermal decomposition of wood have been applied to a variety of food products as an alternative for traditional smoking. Despite its increasing use, the available genotoxicity data on wood smoke flavors (WSF) are still controversial. Thus, potential genotoxic effects of WSF in four short-term in vitro genotoxicity assays were investigated, which included the Ames assay, chromosomal aberration assay, micronucleus test and the alkaline comet assay. WSF did not cause any mutation in the Ames assay using five tester strains at six concentrations of 0.16, 0.31, 0.63, 1.25, 2.5 and 5 ${\mu}l/plate$. To assess clastogenic effect, the in vitro chromosomal aberration assay was performed using Chinese hamster lung cells. No statistically significant increase in the number of metaphases with structural aberrations was observed at the concentrations of 1.25, 2.5, and 5 ${\mu}l/ml$. The in vitro comet assay and micronucleus test results obtained on L5178Y cells also revealed that WSF has no genotoxicity potential, although there was a marginal increase in micronuclei frequencies and DNA damage in the respective micronucleus and comet assays. Taken together, based on the results obtained from these four in vitro studies, it is concluded that WSF is not a mutagenic agent in bacterial cells and causes no chromosomal and DNA damage in mammalian cells in vitro.

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