Hazards plant cell culture

Mutagenesis, generally, is revealed in microorganisms, molds, plants, cell cultures, or insects. These tests reveal mutagenic potential but not mutagenic hazard to man. An important value of such tests is to compare the potency of new chemtcals with "known" mutagens. 

Plant cell culture is becoming a widely used technology for the production of plant biochemicals and also for the biotransformation of pharmaceuticals. The dangers posed to exposed workers by this technology will be entirely dependent on the products of these processes and possibly the by-products of the plant cells metabolism. Therefore the hazards of plant cell culture will probably be similar to those of animal cell culture discussed above. 

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