Cytotoxic and antimitotic effects of N‐containing Monascus metabolites studied using immortalized human kidney epithelial cells

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Recently the first Monascus metabolites with a pyridine ring were detected, the monascopyridines A and B. They are formally dehydrogenated derivatives of the red rice pigments rubropunctamine and monascorubramine. Because of their structural similarity, the toxicological effects of these secondary metabolites were studied using immortalized human kidney epithelial cells. The cytotoxicity was determined with the...

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