[Study of antimutagenic properties of bio-ginseng in mammalian cells in vitro and in vivo].
The impact was studied of bio-ginseng produced from ginseng callus cells on the rate of chromosome rearrangements in Chinese hamster cells and in continuous tumor cells of mice (Ehrlich strain). Bio-ginseng reduced rate of spontaneous SCE as well as the level of mitomycin C-induced chromosome aberrations in Chinese hamster cells. It protected ascitic tumor cells (Ehrlich strain) against the mutagen action of urea nitrosomethyl.