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SUBMITTER: Szkudlarek-Mikho M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3517190 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Szkudlarek-Mikho Maria M Saunders Rudel A RA Yap Sook Fan SF Ngeow Yun Fong YF Chin Khew-Voon KV
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 20121031 4
The polyether ionophoric antibiotics including monensin, salinomycin, and narasin, are widely used in veterinary medicine and as food additives and growth promoters in animal husbandry including poultry farming. Their effects on human health, however, are not fully understood. Recent studies showed that salinomycin is a cancer stem cell inhibitor. Since poultry consumption has risen sharply in the last three decades, we asked whether the consumption of meat tainted with growth promoting antibiot ...[more]