Quantitation of Aristolochic Acids in Corn, Wheat Grain, and Soil Samples Collected in Serbia: Identifying a Novel Exposure Pathway in the Etiology of Balkan Endemic Nephropathy

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 29, 2016, Pages 5928-5934

  Chan, Wan ^a   Pavlović, Nikola M ^a,b   Li, Weiwei ^a   Chan, Chi Kong ^a   Liu, Jingjing ^a   Deng, Kailin ^a   Wang, Yinan ^a   Milosavljević, Biljana ^c   Kostić, Emina N ^d  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b Serbian Medical Society   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^d CLINICAL CENTER NIS   (Serbia)

Author keywords

aristolochic acid nephropathy; aristolochic acids; Balkan endemic nephropathy; exposure pathways; root uptake; upper urothelial cancer

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CROPS; DISEASES; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

ARISTOLOCHIC ACID; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; NEPHROPATHY; ROOT UPTAKE; UROTHELIAL CANCER;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARISTOLOCHIC ACID; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; ARISTOLOCHIA; BALKAN NEPHROPATHY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MAIZE; SERBIA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; TOXICITY; WHEAT;

ARISTOLOCHIA; ARISTOLOCHIC ACIDS; BALKAN NEPHROPATHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; SERBIA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRITICUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84979775113     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b02203     Document Type: Article

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