Roy B, Das R K
Environmental Mutagenesis Unit, School of Life Sciences, Sambalpur University, Orissa, India.
Mutat Res. 1990 Jun;241(2):169-73. doi: 10.1016/0165-1218(90)90121-h.
The antileprosy drug, clofazimine, was tested for its possible genotoxicity using micronucleus (MN) tests in mice. A significantly higher incidence of MN in bone marrow erythrocytes, particularly in polychromatic erythrocytes, as well as in regenerated hepatocytes revealed a positive clastogenic effect of the drug. The drug also had a marked antimitotic effect as indicated by a negative correlation with the dose.