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Investigations on carcinogenic effects of Penicillium caseicolum and P. roqueforti in rats

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A feeding test over the whole life span of 800 Sprague-Dawley rats with commercial starters for camembert- and blue-cheese, with commercial cheese and test cheese, as well as subcutaneous application of the mycelia, did not yield any indication for a detrimental or carcinogenic effect.

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  1. H. K. Frank & R. Orth

    Present address: Institut für Biologie der Bundesforschungsanstalt für Ernährung, Engesserstrasse 20, D-7500, Karlsruhe, Germany

  2. S. Ivankovic, M. Kuhlmann & D. Schmähl

    Present address: Institut für Toxikologie und Chemotherapie am Deutschen Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-6900, Heidelberg, Germany

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  1. Bundesforschungsanstalt für Ernährung, Engesserstrasse 20, D-7500, Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. K. Frank, R. Orth, S. Ivankovic, M. Kuhlmann & D. Schmähl

  2. Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, D-6900, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. K. Frank, R. Orth, S. Ivankovic, M. Kuhlmann & D. Schmähl

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The authors wish to thank the Federal Minister for Youth, Family and Health in Bonn for support of this work.

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Frank, H.K., Orth, R., Ivankovic, S. et al. Investigations on carcinogenic effects of Penicillium caseicolum and P. roqueforti in rats. Experientia 33, 515–516 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922245

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