L-cysteine attenuates the mutagenicity of the antiamebic drug diiodohydroxyquinoline in mice. - GreenMedInfo Summary
Bio-antimutagenic effect of L-cysteine on diiodohydroxyquinoline-induced micronuclei in Swiss mice.
Mutat Res. 1987 Apr;187(4):219-22. PMID: 3104778
The mutagenic potential of diiodohydroxyquinoline (DIHQ), a common anti-amebic drug, was tested using the in vivo micronucleus test in Swiss mice following oral administration. It was found to be mutagenic in a dose-dependent manner. Using the same model system, the bio-antimutagenic effect of the sulfhydryl compound L-cysteine against DIHQ was established.