Balkan Endemic Nephropathy and the Causative Role of Aristolochic Acid.
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PMID: 31054628
Review.
After decades of intensive investigation, the causative factor was identified as the environmental phytotoxin aristolochic acid (AA) contained in Aristolochia clematitis, a common plant growing in wheat fields that was ingested through home-baked bread. AA initially …
After decades of intensive investigation, the causative factor was identified as the environmental phytotoxin aristolochic acid (AA) contain …