PHYSICAL MUTAGENS Acriflavin, Proflavin

Ultra Violet Rays Sodium Azide

X Rays Benzene
Gamma Rays Asbestos
Beta Rays (electrons) Aflatoxins
Protons (H-nuclei) Bromine
Neutrons Psoralen
Alpha Rays (He Particles) BIOLOGIC AGENTS
Cosmic Radiation Transposons
Low pH Rubella Virus
High Temperature Cytomegalovirus
CHEMICAL MUTAGENS Human Papilloma virus
Ethyleneimine (EI) Hepatitis B Virus
Nitrogen Mustard Helicobacter pylori
Sulphur Mustard Toxoplasma
Dimethyl Nitrosamine (DMN) Retroviruses
Nitrosoguanide (NG) HIV Virus
Nitrosomethyl urea (NMU) Yeast
Ethylene Oxide (EO) Salmonella typhimurium
Diepoxybutane (DEB) Escherichia coli
Diethyl Sulphonate (DES) OTHERS
Methyl Methane Sulphonate (MMS) Mutagens from Pyrolyzed Proteins and Amino
Acids
Ethyl Methane Sulphonate (EMS)
Mutagen Formation Involving Carbohydrates
Nitrous Acid
Mutagens Formed from Meat at Lower
Maleic Hyrdrazide
Temperatures
Hydrazine
Hydroxylamine
*Mutagens are classified accordingly,
Ethyl Ethane Sulfonate pharmaceutical mutagens are classified under
chemical mutagens.*
5 Bromo Uracil
Amino Purine
TENTATIVE DISTRIBUTION (BASED ON
CLASS NUMBERS)

1. Human Papilloma virus

2. Salmonella typhimurium
3. Hydrazine
4. Maleic Hyrdrazide
5. Nitrosomethyl urea (NMU)
6. Gamma Rays
7. Yeast
8. Ethylene Oxide (EO)
9. Beta Rays (electrons)
10. Mutagens Formed from Meat at Lower
Temperatures
11. Ultra Violet Rays
12. Bromine
13. Transposons
14. Ethyl Methane Sulphonate (EMS)
15. Amino Purine
16. Aflatoxins
17. Mutagens from Pyrolyzed Proteins and Amino
Acids
18. Ethyleneimine (EI)
19. Sulphur Mustard
20. Helicobacter pylori
21. Toxoplasma
22. Methyl Methane Sulphonate (MMS)
23. Hydroxylamine
24. Ethyl Ethane Sulfonate
25. High Temperature
26. Mutagen Formation Involving Carbohydrates
27. Sodium Azide
28. Neutrons
29. Diepoxybutane (DEB)
30. Hepatitis B Virus
31. X Rays
32. Alpha Rays (He Particles)
33. Dimethyl Nitrosamine (DMN)
34. 5 Bromo Uracil
35. Cosmic Radiation
36. Protons (H-nuclei)
37. Retroviruses
38. Psoralen
39. Rubella Virus
40. Nitrosoguanide (NG)
41. Cytomegalovirus
42. Nitrogen Mustard
43. Acriflavin, Proflavin
44. Benzene
45. Diethyl Sulphonate (DES)
46. HIV Virus
47. Low pH
48. Asbestos
49. Escherichia coli
50. Nitrous Acid