Chlorophyll antimutagenic activity

Ferruzzi, M.G. et al.. Antioxidant and antimutagenic activity of dietary chlorophyll derivatives determined by radical scavenging and bacterial reverse mutagenesis assays, J. Food ScL, 67, 2589, 2002. 

Derivatives of chlorophyll a were found to be more effective radical quenchers than those of chlorophyll b. Furthermore, metal-lree derivatives such as chlorins, pheophytins, and pyropheopytins exhibited significantly lower antiradical capacity than metaUo-derivatives such as Mg-chlorophylls, Zn-pheophytins, Zn-pyropheo-phytins, Cu-pheophytin a, and Cu-chlorophyllins. It seems that dietary chlorophyll derivatives prevalent in both fresh and processed foods and dietary supplements have antioxidant and antimutagenic activities [60]. 

Chlorophylls and their derivatives are a group of compounds with recognized biological activity that can take place at the levels of concentration normally found in the diet. Studies until now have focussed essentially on the antimutagenic and antigenotoxic activity exhibited by aU chlorophyll derivatives, including water-soluble salts [33]. 

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