Aristolochic acid
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Aristolochic acids are a family of carcinogenic, mutagenic, and nephrotoxic phytochemicals commonly found in the flowering plant family Aristolochiaceae. Aristolochic acid I is the most abundant one.
Aristolochia clematitis, the plant responsible for Balkan endemic nephropathy
Leaves of Asarum canadense (Canadian wild ginger), a natural source of aristolochic acid.
Aristolochiaceae
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The Aristolochiaceae are a family, the birthwort family, of flowering plants with eight genera and about 400 known species belonging to the order Piperales. The type genus is Aristolochia L.
Aristolochic acid
…Aristolochic acids (English: ) are a family of carcinogenic, mutagenic, and nephrotoxic phytochemicals commonly found in the flowering plant family Aristolochiaceae (birthworts). Aristolochic acid (AA) I is the most abundant one. The family Aristolochiaceae includes the genera Aristolochia (birthwort) and Asarum…
Aristolochia californica flower 2004 02 23