Aristolochic acids (English: /əˌrɪstəˈloʊkɪk/) are a family of carcinogenic, mutagenic, and nephrotoxic phytochemicals commonly found in the flowering...

Romania, and Bulgaria. It is caused by small long-term doses of aristolochic acid in the diet. The disease primarily affects people 30 to 60 years of...

ancient medicine, Aristolochia is known to contain the lethal toxin aristolochic acid. The Bencao Gangmu, compiled by Li Shi-Zhen in the latter part of...

contains aristolochic acid, a carcinogenic compound. The United States Food and Drug Administration warns that consumption of aristolochic acid-containing...

1:1 mixture of two forms, aristolochic acid I and aristolochic acid II. In addition to its carcinogenicity, aristolochic acid is also highly nephrotoxic...

contains aristolochic acid, a carcinogenic compound. The United States Food and Drug Administration warns that consumption of aristolochic acid-containing...

treated Phenacetin, analgesic mixtures containing Plants containing aristolochic acid Polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxin-like, with a Toxicity Equivalency...

aristolochic acid. The larvae sequester the toxin, and both the juvenile and adult butterflies have high and toxic concentrations of the aristolochic...

the past few decades for the discovery of a potent compound called aristolochic acid, which has been the focus of debate due its harmful side effects....

plant. The use of this plant poses a risk as it contains the toxin aristolochic acid which is carcinogenic. The USDA has banned all products containing...

Demeclocycline Foscarnet Lead, Uranium, mercury, and cadmium salts Aristolochic acid, found in some plants and in some herbal supplements derived from...

Magazine. 2012. "Aristolochic Acid: FDA Concerned About Botanical Products, Including Dietary Supplements, Containing Aristolochic Acid". FDA. 2001. Daniele...

medicines suspected of containing aristolochic acid, unless laboratory testing indicated they were negative for aristolochic acid. The traditional route of ingestion...

carcinogens in the urine and is a leading cause of bladder cancer. Aristolochic acid, a compound found in plants of the family Aristolochiaceae, also causes...

butterfly gets its common name. This plant genus is known to have active aristolochic acids, which pipevine swallowtail larvae sequester and use for defensive...

"Aristolochic Acid: Letter to Industry Associations Regarding Safety Concerns Related to the Use of Botanical Products Containing Aristolochic Acid"....

metabolites known as aristolochic acids. Aristolochic acids are compounds that are composed of nitrophenanthrene carboxylic acids that have been utilized...

consuming Asarum, as it is nephrotoxic and contains the potent carcinogen aristolochic acid. The birthwort family also contains the genus Aristolochia, known...

By eating some of these toxic plants, the caterpillars sequester aristolochic acid which renders both the caterpillars and the butterflies of some of...

the plant are also reported. The link between kidney failure and aristolochic acid, which the plant contains, was discovered after a clinic for obesity...

polyxena). Eating the leaves of the plant the larvae this insect ingest aristolochic acid that make them poisonous to birds. This plant is common in Mediterranean...

Synthesis of aristolochic acid. Complex molecules require many steps to be synthesized. And the more steps are required to synthesize a particular molecule...

function not only as photoreceptors, but also as chemoreceptors for aristolochic acid. These opsins still have Lys2967.43 like other opsins. However, if...

phytochemicals are known phytotoxins that are toxic to humans; for example aristolochic acid is carcinogenic at low doses. Some phytochemicals are antinutrients...

exclusively G-A transitions in non-tobacco-related cancers. Transition Aristolochic acid, a natural plant chemical causing A → T and T → A transversions in...

but is carcinogenic and very damaging to the kidneys, owing to its aristolochic acid content. As a defense against predation, many plants contain toxic...

acetone and threonine. Illustrative of the myriad pathways to MGO, aristolochic acid caused 12-fold increase of methylglyoxal from 18 to 231 μg/mg of kidney...

Aristolochia, family Aristolochiaceae, and they sequester toxins such as aristolochic acid in their bodies. This makes the adults toxic to vertebrate predators...

Many members of Aristolochia and some of Asarum contain the toxin aristolochic acid, which discourages herbivores and is known to be carcinogenic in rats...

group, such compounds are called aristolactams, and are related to aristolochic acid. Piperolactam A was first reported in 1988 after isolation from an...