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. 1973 Aug;4(2):80–84. doi: 10.1128/aac.4.2.80

Antiprotozoal Activity of Rubratoxin B

A Wallace Hayes 1
PMCID: PMC444510  PMID: 4208507

Abstract

Growth of Tetrahymena pyriformis HSM was inhibited by a concentration of 25 μg of rubratoxin B per ml of growth medium. The inhibitory effect of aflatoxin B1-rubratoxin B mixtures on growth of T. pyriformis was induced by rubratoxin B only. Total cellular deoxyribonucleic acid increased in the presence of 5 μg of rubratoxin B per ml of growth medium, whereas higher concentrations (25 μg/ml of growth medium) were required before a decrease in total protein was observed.

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