Suzina AH ; Azlina A ; Shamsuria O ; Samsudin AR
The Medical Journal of Malaysia 2004;59 Suppl B():105-106
Mutagenicity of CORAGRAF (natural coral) and REKAGRAF (hydroxyapatite) was tested in Ames test with and without an external metabolic activation system (S9). The test revealed no mutagenic activity of both locally produced osseous substitutes. Base Pair Mismatch/drug effects ; Biotransformation/physiology ; Bone Substitutes/*toxicity ; Calcium Carbonate/*toxicity ; Chromosome Aberrations ; Escherichia coli/genetics ; Hydroxyapatites/*toxicity ; *Materials Testing ; *Mutagenicity Tests ; Salmonella typhimurium/genetics