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Aromatic Amines: Contribution to the Mutagenic Activity of Tobacco Smoke

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Table 1: Substance concentration in mainstream tobacco smoke and capacity to induce mutations
Chemical	Substance concentration (ng/cig)	Capacity to induce mutations TA98 (mutations/ng)	Capacity to induce mutations TA1537 (mutations/ng)	Capacity to induce mutations TA100 (mutations/ng)	Contribution to mutagenic activity TA98 (mutations/cig)	Contribution to mutagenic activity TA1537 (mutations/cig)	Contribution to mutagenic activity TA100 (mutations/cig)
Norharman	5,659	3	-	-	16,977	-	-
Harman	1,823	14	1	-	25,522	1,823	-
AαC	131	112	14	16	14,672	1,834	2,096
o-toluidine	104	197	27	-	20,488	2,808	-
1-aminonaphthalene	19	1,030	126	140	19,570	2,394	2,660
MeAαC	14	1,488	177	210	20,832	2,478	2,940
2-aminonaphthalene	12	1,475	183	194	17,700	2,196	2,328
o-anisidine	4	4,469	568	-	17,876	2,272	-
3-aminobiphenyl	3	6,021	778	861	18,063	2,334	2,583
4-aminobiphenyl	2	7,531	996	923	15,062	1,992	1,846