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| Baptista,Antonio Sampaio; Horii,Jorge; Calori-Domingues,Maria Antonia; Glória,Eduardo Micotti da; Salgado,Jocelem Mastrodi; Vizioli,Mário Roberto. |
| Aflatoxins are hepatotoxic metabolites produced by Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus on a number of agricultural commodities. This research was carried out to evaluate the ability of thermolysed and active Saccharomyces cerevisiae to attenuate liver damage caused by aflatoxin. Diets were prepared containing 0 aflatoxin; 400 mug kg-1 aflatoxin; 400 mug kg-1 aflatoxin plus 1% of dehydrated active yeast, and 400 mug kg-1 aflatoxin plus 1% of thermolysed yeast. A bioassay with Wistar rats was conducted for 28 days, and body organs were weighted and analyses of the liver tissue of the animals were performed. The relative weight of heart, kidneys and liver from animals submitted to the different treatments did not show any difference, and liver tissue of... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Aflatoxicosis; Bioremediation; Mycotoxins; Natural contamination. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162002000200008 |
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