Isolation and identification of 5-hydroxymaltol, a mutagenic substance in glucose pyrolysate

Article abstract of DOI:10.1271/bbb1961.47.881

This paper describes the isolation and identification of a mutagenic compound produced by the pyrolysis of glucose. The mutagenic activity of 5-hydroxymaltol is too weak to explain the mutagenic activity of the glucose pyrolysate. The authors are now attempting to identify other mutagens besides 5-hydroxymaltol in the glucose pyrolysate.