Table 5 The result of evaluation (main study) conducted to evaluate the effect on increase & decrease of reverse mutation colonies by the addition of 7%-GNANA, a test substance, under the presence and absence conditions of metabolic activation system

With and without metabolic activation Test material conc.(μg/plate) Number of revertant colony (cfu/plate)
Base substitution types Frameshiftm types
TA100* TA1535* WP2uvrA* TA98* TA1537*
S9 Mix(-) 0 124.3± 2.31# 25.7±2.31# 24.7±1.53# 32.0±1.73# 13.7±2.08#
61.7 111.3± 7.77 25.7±2.08 26.0±5.00 34.0±2.65 13.0±1.00
185 115.7±12.66 25.0±2.00 27.3±2.08 35.3±1.53 13.7±0.58
556 132.0±13.00 27.7±2.08 26.7±3.21 39.0±1.00 14.7±2.89
1,670 119.3± 7.51 26.0±5.00 26.7±3.79 36.7±0.58 13.3±0.58
5,000 128.7±10.97 28.3±2.89 24.0±1.00 37.3±2.08 13.3±0.58
S9 Mix(+) 0 134.7± 0.58 24.0±1.73 25.3±1.53 35.7±1.53 14.7±2.52
61.7 120.0± 2.65 23.3±3.21 25.0±6.93 38.3±2.08 13.7±1.53
185 117.7± 1.15 24.0±3.61 25.7±3.79 37.0±2.65 12.7±3.06
556 109.7± 8.96 22.0±1.00 28.0±4.00 37.0±3.61 13.0±1.00
1,670 125.7± 7.77 23.3±4.93 29.3±1.53 33.7±4.73 13.0±1.00
5,000 125.7±13.20 27.0±2.65 29.7±4.16 36.7±2.52 13.7±0.58
Positive control S9 Mix(-) Materialds NaN3 NaN3 4-NQO 4-NQO 9-AA
Conc. (μg/plate) 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 80
cfu/plate 442.3±10.26 237.0±13.53 241.3±25.01 287.3±15.14 272.7±9.87
S9 Mix(+) Materialds 2-AA 2-AA 2-AA 2-AA 2-AA
Conc. (μg/plate) 1.0 2.0 10 0.5 2.0
cfu/plate 406.7±3.51 241.0±14.11 344.7±9.50 265.7±17.62 290.0±23.43
*: TA98 (Sal. typhimurium TA98), TA100 (Sal. typhimurium TA100), TA1535 (Sal. typhimurium TA1535), TA1537 (Sal. typhimurium TA1537), WP2uvrA (E. coli WP2uvrA), #: Represents a significant difference at p<0.01 level compared with the vehicle control