The Mutagenic Effect of Garlic Extracts in Condia of Aspergillus amstelodami

Four sublethal concentrations ( 2.5 , 5 , 7.5 and 10 mg / ml ) of the aqueous extract and four sublethal concentrations ( 0.5 , 1 , 1.5 and 2 mg / ml ) of alcoholic extract of garlic were tested for their ability to induce forward mutations in conidia of the fungus Aspergillus amstelodami using the pretreatment protocol. None of the concentrations tested were found mutagenic within the experimental protocol used. The concentrations above were also tested to act as photosensitizers with UVA or as synergestic effect with 8-MOP to induce similar mutations. None of these concentrations exhibited any of these two effects.