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Mutations induced by the carcinogenic pyrrolizidine alkaloid riddelliine in the liver cII gene of transgenic big blue rats.
Chemical research in toxicology - 1 Jun 2004
Mei Nan, Heflich Robert H, Chou Ming W, Chen Tao
Abstract excerpt
Riddelliine is a naturally occurring pyrrolizidine alkaloid that forms a number of different mononucleotide and dinucleotide adducts in DNA. It is a rodent carcinogen and a potential human hazard via food contamination. To examine the mutagenicity of riddelliine, groups of six female transgenic Big Blue rats were gavaged with 0.1, 0.3, and 1.0 mg riddelliine per kg body weight. The middle and high doses resulted...
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