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  • Title: Mutagenicity of marijuana and Transkei tobacco smoke condensates in the Salmonella/microsome assay.
    Author: Wehner FC, van Rensburg SJ, Thiel PG.
    Journal: Mutat Res; 1980 Feb; 77(2):135-42. PubMed ID: 6990238.
    Abstract:
    Extracts and smoke condensates of marijuana, Transkei home-grown tobacco and also commercial cigarette tobaccos were assayed for their mutagenic activity to Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98, TA100, TA1535, TA1537 and TA1538, both with and without metabolic activation. No mutagenic activity was detected in dichloromethane extracts of marijuana and tobacco per se, but all the smoke condensates exhibited mutagenicity with metabolic activation. The only strain not mutated by any of the pyrolyzates was TA1535. Transkei tobacco pyrolyzate proved to be the most mutagenic, followed by marijuana, pipe and cigarette tobacco. Mutagenicity was positively associated with the nitrogen content of the various products. The potent mutagenic action of marijuana smoke condensate, coupled with a condensate yield of more than 50% higher than that of cigarette and pipe tobacco, indicates a high carcinogenic risk associated with marijuana smoking.
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