Mutagenicity of dichloroacetate, an ingredient of some formulations of pangamic acid (trade-named "vitamin B15").

Dichloroacetate demonstrates low grade mutagenicity in the Ames Salmonella/mammaltan microsome mutagenicity test. This evidence of probable carcinogenicity must be considered in any proposed use of dichloroacetate or of preparations of pangamic acid (trade-named "vitamin B15") CONTAINING DICHLOROACETATE.