Described in the 1950s, Balkan Endemic Nephropathy (BEN) has been recognized as a
chronic kidney disease (CKD) with clinical peculiarities and multiple etiological factors …

Food safety is recognized as a major hurdle in the transition toward circular food production
systems due to the potential reintroduction and accumulation of chemical contaminants in …

Abstract Para-chloro-meta-xylenol (PCMX) is a synthetic antiseptic used extensively to
control the spread of germs and viruses, and as a result, enormous amount of PCMX could …

Aristolochic acids (AAs) are nephrotoxic and carcinogenic nitrophenanthrene carboxylic
acids produced naturally by plants from the Aristolochia and Asarum genera, which have …

Long-term dietary exposure of aristolochic acids (AAs)-contaminated food proved to be one
of the main culprits of Endemic Nephropathy, renal failure; and urothelial cancer. The …

Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is a multifactorial environmental disease, with chronic
exposure to aristolochic acids (AAs) through AA-contaminated food being one of the major …

The molecular events underlying aristolochic acid (AA) nephropathy are poorly understood,
and specific therapies for treatment of AA nephropathy are still lacking. Here we aimed to …

Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is a chronic tubulointerstitial nephropathy affecting
residents of rural farming areas in many Balkan countries. Although it is generally believed …

Prolonged exposure to aristolochic acids (AAs) through AA-containing herbal medicine or
AA-contaminated food is associated with the development of aristolochic acid nephropathy …

The cancer risk associated with aristolochic acid (AA) exposure through the consumption of
AA-containing herbal medicine has received tremendous attention in the past decades …