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Protective role of probiotics and prebiotics in colon cancer.
The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Feb 2001
Wollowski I, Rechkemmer G, Pool-Zobel B L
Abstract excerpt
Ingestion of viable probiotics or prebiotics is associated with anticarcinogenic effects, one mechanism of which is the detoxification of genotoxins in the gut. This mechanism was shown experimentally in animals with use of the rat colon carcinogen 1,2-dimethylhydrazine and by determining endpoints that range from tumorigenesis to induction of DNA damage. Because of the complexity of cancer initiation, cancer...
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