In vitro binding of mutagenic heterocyclic aromatic amines by Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum G4.

• Main Authors: Faridnia, Farnaz, Saari, Nazamid, Mustafa, Shuhaimi, Yee, Loong Yik, Abd. Manap, Mohd. Yazid, Shobirin, Anis
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Wageningen Academic Publishers 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15161/1/In%20vitro%20binding%20of%20mutagenic%20heterocyclic%20aromatic%20amines%20by%20Bifidobacterium%20pseudocatenulatum%20G4.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15161/

Consumption of probiotics has been associated with decreased risk of colon cancer and reported to have antimutagenic/ anti-carcinogenic properties. One possible mechanism for this effect involves physical binding of the mutagenic compounds, such as heterocyclic amines (HCAs), to the bacteria. Theref...