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SUBMITTER: Quiller G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6011230 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Quiller Grant G Mérida-Ortega Ángel Á Rothenberg Stephen J SJ Cebrián Mariano E ME Gandolfi A Jay AJ Franco-Marina Francisco F López-Carrillo Lizbeth L
Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.) 20180421
Inorganic arsenic (iAs) exposure increases risk of several diseases, including cancer. Some nutrients such as flavonoids enhance glutathione activity, which in turn play a key role in iAs elimination. Our objective was to explore whether dietary non-soy flavonoids are associated with iAs metabolism. We hypothesized that the intake of flavonoids belonging to the following groups, flavan-3-ols, flavone, flavonol, flavanone, and anthocyanidin, is positively associated with urinary dimethylarsinic a ...[more]