Recent perspectives on the relations between faecal mutagenicity, genotoxicity and diet
DNA damage is an essential component of the genesis of colonic cancer. Gut microbial products and food components are thought to be principally responsible for the damage that initiates disease progression. Modified Ames tests and Comet assays have been developed for measuring mutagenicity and geno...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2011-03-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Pharmacology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2011.00004/full |