Ashwood-Smith M, Stanley C, Towers G H, Warrington P J
Biology Department, University of Victoria, B.C., Canada.
Photochem Photobiol. 1993 May;57(5):814-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1993.tb09216.x.
Methyl esters of hydroxycinnamic acids are photobiologically active. Cis(Z) and trans(E) p-methoxymethyl-cinnamate photosensitize Escherichia coli and Chinese hamster ovary cells. They also produce sister chromatid exchanges. Photosensitization is oxygen independent, and the cinnamates are not genetically active in the absence of light in the Ames Salmonella typhimurium test.
羟基肉桂酸甲酯具有光生物学活性。顺式（Z）和反式（E）对甲氧基甲基肉桂酸酯可使大肠杆菌和中国仓鼠卵巢细胞产生光致敏作用。它们还会引起姐妹染色单体交换。光致敏作用不依赖氧气，并且在鼠伤寒沙门氏菌艾姆斯试验中，肉桂酸酯在无光条件下没有遗传活性。
