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Food Frontiers, Volume 4, Issue 1, Page 32-46, March 2023., 2023 Graphical Abstract: Abstract The incidence of aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, and patulin in fruits and processed fruit products has been ever more challenging and gained additional focus on ecofriendly mitigation strategies. The onset of these toxins is due to several factors involving insect attacks, agricultural practices, and climate change.
Karthika Pushparaj +5 more
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Ochratoxin A: 50 Years of Research
Toxins, 2016 Since ochratoxin A (OTA) was discovered, it has been ubiquitous as a natural contaminant of moldy food and feed. The multiple toxic effects of OTA are a real threat for human beings and animal health.
Frantisek Malir +4 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 Background: Here, a bibliometric and knowledge-map analysis was used to analyze the research status and application of herbal medicine for the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Yunling Xu, Jia Chen, He Wang, Ying Lu
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c-Jun Amino Terminal Kinase Signaling Promotes Aristolochic Acid-Induced Acute Kidney Injury
Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 Aristolochic acid (AA) is a toxin that induces DNA damage in tubular epithelial cells of the kidney and is the cause of Balkan Nephropathy and Chinese Herb Nephropathy.
Fan Yang +7 more
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Toxins, 2021 The plant-derived toxin, aristolochic acid (AA), is the cause of Chinese Herb Nephropathy and Balkan Nephropathy. Ingestion of high dose AA induces acute kidney injury, while chronic low dose ingestion leads to progressive kidney disease.
Khai Gene Leong +4 more
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Simultaneous ipsilateral rhabdoid renal cell carcinoma and multifocal urothelial carcinoma of the ureter in a patient from the region of Balkan endemic nephropathy: Case report and literature review [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2021 Introduction. Simultaneous ipsilateral coexistence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) rarely occurs. Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is a chronic degenerative tubulointerstitial renal disease, strongly ...
Bašić Dragoslav +4 more
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Environmental Health, 2008 Background The etiology of Balkan Endemic Nephropathy, (BEN), a tubulointerstitial kidney disease, is unknown. Although this disease is endemic in rural areas of Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, and Serbia, similar manifestations are reported to occur
Tsolova Svetla +5 more
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Prevalence and risk factors of vascular calcification in pre-dialysis patients with Balkan endemic nephropathy [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2016 Introduction. Vascular calcifications (VC) are common in patients with chronic kidney disease and present one of manifestations of mineral and bone disorders in these patients. Objective. The aim of this pilot study was to examine the prevalence
Petković Nenad +6 more
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Open questions on Balkan nephropathy [PDF]
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2001 The prevalence of the disease was stable over manyyears, but now appears to decline in most affectedsettlements w1x. Some authors also suggest that theincidence of BEN decreases w1,2x and that it appearsto be tapering off; others, however, describe a stableincidence of BEN w3x.
L, Djukanović +7 more
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Effect of Ochratoxin A and Aristolochic Acid on a Porcine Kidney Cell Line
Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 2023 The Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is an irreversible, chronic, tubulo-interstitial nephropathy described so far in several rural regions from the Balkan with an unknown aetiology.
Daniela Eliza Marin +2 more
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