Evidence for the absence of mutagenic activity of furfuryl alcohol in tests of germ cells in Drosophila melanogaster

Abstract

Furfuryl alcohol was evaluated for mutagenic activity in D. melanogaster by means of the sex-linked recessive lethal test and the sex-chromosome loss test. Brooding was employed in order to test different stages of spermatogenesis. No evidence was found of a mutagenic effect after adult injection and larval feeding