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The effect of probiotics on the genotoxicity of furazolidone.

J. RaipulisP. SemjonovsM. Toma

subject

FurazolidoneBifidobacterium lactismedicine.disease_causeMicrobiologyMicrobiologylaw.inventionProbioticLactobacillus acidophiluslawmedicineSOS Response GeneticsEscherichia colibiologyMutagenicity TestsProbioticsFurazolidoneGeneral Medicinebiology.organism_classificationSOS chromotestLactobacillusAnti-Infective Agents LocalbacteriaBifidobacteriumBacteriaGenotoxicityFood Sciencemedicine.drug

description

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%).

10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2004.11.029https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16014301