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Antimutagenic activity of carotenoids in green peppers against some nitroarenes.
Mutation research - 7 Aug 1998
Gonzáez de Mejía E, Quintanar-Hernández A, Loarca-Piña G
Abstract excerpt
In Mexico, as well as in Central and South American countries, the consumption of peppers (Capsicum annuum) has been tradition for thousands of years; the per capita dietary intake of peppers is about 40 g/day. Peppers are an important source of beta-carotene and vitamin A, which have antimutagenic and/or anticarcinogenic properties. In the present study, Salmonella typhimurium tester strain YG1024 in the...
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