Background:

Benin is a potent cytostatic drug that can be used for the treatment of generalized carcinoma of the breast.

Benin is a cytostatic drug, but inactive in the standard plate incorporation method of Ames reversion test using four Salmonella typhimurium strains[1].

[1]. J. Marhan. Mutagenicity of cytostatic drugs in a bacterial system. Folia Microbiologica October 1995, Volume 40, Issue 5, pp 462-466.