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Enzymes Metabolizing Aristolochic Acid and their Contribution to the Development of Aristolochic Acid Nephropathy and Urothelial Cancer
1 Jul 2013
Abstract excerpt
Aristolochic acid (AA), a plant nephrotoxin and carcinogen, causes aristolochic acid nephropathy (AAN) and its associated urothelial malignancy, and is hypothesized to be responsible for Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN). The major component of AA, aristolochic acid I (AAI), is the predominant compound responsible for these diseases. The reductive activation of AAI leads to the formation of covalent DNA adducts....
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