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Protective effect of soybean saponins and major antioxidants against aflatoxin B1-induced mutagenicity and DNA-adduct formation.
Journal of medicinal food - 1 Jan 2002
Jun Hye-Seung, Kim Sung-Eun, Sung Mi-Kyung
Abstract excerpt
Saponins from various plant sources have been suggested as possible anticarcinogens. Major dietary sources of saponins include legumes such as soybeans. This study was performed to determine the effect of soybean saponins on aflatoxin B(1)(AFB(1))-induced mutagenicity and AFB(1)-DNA adduct formation using Salmonella typhimurium and human liver hepatoma (HepG2) cells, respectively. Major antioxidants including...
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