«Suspects» in etiology of endemic nephropathy: Aristolochic acid versus mycotoxins

Toxins

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1414-1427

  Pepeljnjak, Stjepan ^a   Klarić, Maja Šegvić ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Aristolochic acid; Citrinin; DNA adducts; Endemic nephropathy; Ochratoxin A

Indexed keywords

ARISTOLOCHIC ACID; CITRININ; MYCOTOXIN; OCHRATOXIN; PROTEIN P53;

BLOOD LEVEL; CHINESE HERB; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DNA ADDUCT; ENDEMIC NEPHROPATHY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; REVIEW; THEORY; URINARY TRACT TUMOR; URINE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ARISTOLOCHIC ACIDS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MYCOTOXINS;

RATTUS;

EID: 79952088586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins2061414     Document Type: Review

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