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A L Henderson1, T C Schmitt, T M Heinze, C E Cerniglia.
Abstract
Intestinal microfloras from human, rat, mouse, and monkey fecal samples and 14 pure cultures of anaerobic bacteria representative of those found in the human gastrointestinal tract metabolized the triphenylmethane dye malachite green to leucomalachite green. The reduction of malachite green to the leuco derivative suggests that intestinal microflora could play an important role in the metabolic activation of the triphenylmethane dye to a potential carcinogen.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9327576 PMCID: PMC168723 DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.10.4099-4101.1997
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792