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Aristolochic acid activates ras genes in rat tumors at deoxyadenosine residues.
Cancer research - 1 Sept 1990
Schmeiser H H, Janssen J W, Lyons J, Scherf H R, Pfau W, Buchmann A, Bartram C R, Wiessler M
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Aristolochic acid I (AAI), a nitrophenanthrene derivative, is the major component of the carcinogenic plant extract aristolochic acid, which has been used as a medicine since antiquity. Long term oral administration of AAI to male Wistar rats induces multiple tumors, mainly in the forestomach, ear duct, and small intestine. The presence of activated transforming genes was investigated in various tumors of 18 AAI...
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