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Preliminary results on the carcinogenic activity of a mycotoxin of Penicillium roqueforti (PR toxin) are reported. A squamous epithelioma and a uterine sarcoma were histologically confirmed in 2 of 10 albino rats fed PR toxin in a relatively short time (449 and 551 days respectively). Only an adenocarcinoma was histologically proven within a control group of 10 rats in a significantly longer (931 days) time span.
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Polonelli, L., Lauriola, L. & Morace, G. Preliminary studies on the carcinogenic effects of Penicillium roqueforti toxin (PR toxin) on rats. Mycopathologia 78, 125–127 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00442636
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