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The effect of probiotics on the genotoxicity of furazolidone

  • J. Raipulis
  • , M. M. Toma*
  • , P. Semjonovs
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Antigenotoxic activity of probiotic bacteria against furazolidone was studied using the short-term bacterial assay SOS chromotest, with Escherichia coli PQ37 as the test organism. The supernatants from probiotic and furazolidone co-incubation exhibited rather strong suppression on SOS induction produced by furazolidone on E. coli PQ 37 (sfiA: lacZ). Genotoxicity inhibition was found for all strains of the examined bacteria belonging to three genera. The highest genotoxicity inhibition was detected for Bifidobacterium lactis Bb-12 (92.0%) and for Lactobacillus acidophilus T20 (81.9%).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)343-347
Number of pages5
JournalInternational Journal of Food Microbiology
Volume102
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Jul 2005

Keywords

  • Antigenotoxicity
  • Furazolidone
  • Genotoxicity
  • Probiotics
  • SOS chromotest

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