Effects of tobacco and tobacco smoke constituents on cell multiplication in vitro.

Toxicology
A PilottiC Enzell

Abstract

Ascites sarcoma BP8 cells, cultured in suspension in vitro were used as a general toxicity test system for tobacco and tobacco smoke constituents. Some 250 compounds, representative of these materials, were examined by exposing cells to different concentrations of these constituents and measuring the inhibition of culture growth, which was related to corresponding effects encountered for positive standards. When employing the present cell toxicity test system possible effects of factors such as penetration, distribution and microsomal metabolism of the compounds studied, are not taken into account. The most active constituents were found to be unsaturated aldehydes and ketones, phenols and indoles. The good correlation obsered between functional groups and toxicity permits, within the range of functionalities studied, prediction of the toxicity for a compound of known structure.

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