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  • Title: Mechanism of counteraction of aflatoxin toxicity by thymine and folic acid in Bacillus megaterium.
    Author: Vishwanath P, Basappa SC, Murthy VS.
    Journal: Folia Microbiol (Praha); 1986; 31(4):272-6. PubMed ID: 3095206.
    Abstract:
    Thymine and cytosine as well as the intermediates in pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway dihydroorotic acid, orotic acid, carbamyl aspartate and 5'-uridine monophosphate and folic acid, was synergistic. 2-14C-Thymine, 6-14C-orotic acid and 14C-formate but not 2-14C-uracil, were incorporated into DNA more in the presence of aflatoxin. These findings indicated that aflatoxin inhibited the pyrimidine base synthesis which could be overcome to a great extent by the addition of thymine and folic acid to aflatoxin-treated cells.
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