Antitumor Substances in Foodstuffs

A New Type of Antitumor Substances, Polyoxomolybdates

Mycotoxin tolerances in foodstuffs.

In most countries general legislation on food (and feed) prohibits the sale of products containing poisonous or harmful substances, which would include relevant mycotoxins as well. So far only aflatoxin has been dealt with specifically in legislation. The aflatoxin control may include all foods (and feeds) but is limited in most countries to certain commodities likely to be heavily contaminated...

NK154183A and B, antitumor substances produced by Streptomyces sp.

aApplied Microbiology Research Center, Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd., 225-1, Koshikiya, Horigome, Ageo-shi, Saitama 362, Japan bResearch and Development Division, Pharmaceutical Group, Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd., 3-31-12 Shimo, Kita-ku, Tokyo 115, Japan cGraduate School of Science and Engineering, Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Ohkubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169, Japan

[Production of antitumor substances from shochu distillation remnants].

This study aimed to develop a new processing method for the effective use of rice shochu distillation remnants. We examined the inhibitory effects on the growth of human lung carcinoma cells in the medium of rice shochu distillation remnants with various fungi. Interestingly, high inhibitory effects on the growth of human lung carcinoma cells in the medium of rice shochu distillation remnants w...

Antibiotics in Foodstuffs

When we discuss different uses of antibiotics in agriculture as a hygienic problem, we have in mind above all the problem of assessing their residues in foods, or we are concerned with their effect on foods and the human organism resp.At present antibiotics are used in agriculture when they are added to fodder as protective substances in plant cultivation,and slso in the processing of meats whe...