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. 1981 Apr;41(4):1040-2.
doi: 10.1128/aem.41.4.1040-1042.1981.

Immunosuppression by ochratoxin A and its prevention by phenylalanine

H D Haubeck, G Lorkowski, E Kölsch, R Röschenthaler

Immunosuppression by ochratoxin A and its prevention by phenylalanine

H D Haubeck et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1981 Apr.

Abstract

Ochratoxin A, a toxin of Aspergillus ochraceus, suppresses the immune response to sheep erythrocytes in BALB/c mice at doses as low as 0.005 microgram/kg of body weight. This effect is prevented by phenylalanine.

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