pteridium aquilinum/atrophy

The process of occurrence of bright blindness, progressive retinal degeneration (PRD), in sheep was observed using two Suffolk ram lambs fed on a diet containing bracken powder. The first sign of the bright blindness was detected 4 months after the start of experiment. Based on these preliminary

Details are given of the elimination of mitochondria which occurs during the first 1 to 2 hours of the life of the egg of the fern Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn. During this phase the only mitochondria present are swollen and appear degenerate, but subsequently the cytoplasm of the egg becomes

OBJECTIVE To assess the risk to human health of the plant bracken (Pteridium sp). METHODS An evaluation of studies of human and animal populations exposed to bracken, together with a review of expert reports and advice to the public. RESULTS Bracken induced disease has been demonstrated in animals

BACKGROUND Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) has been consumed by humans and animals for centuries. However, its consumption is associated with a high incidence of cancer in the upper digestory tract of different species. Although the oral cavity is the first site of contact with ingested toxic

The consumption of bracken-fern (Pteridium aquilinum) as food is associated with a high incidence of cancer in humans and animals. Thus far, the carcinogenic effects of bracken-fern consumption could be related to chromosome aberrations verified in animal and in human peripheral lymphocytes. We

The ubiquitous bracken fern (genus Pteridium) is the only higher plant known to cause cancer naturally in animals. In addition to the well-recognized syndromes of thiamine deficiency, acute haemorrhage associated with myeloid aplasia and blindness due to retinal degeneration, it causes neoplasia of

During the course of work aimed at isolating a rice gene from Oryza australiensis by PCR, the oligonucleotide primers used were found to generate a fragment that showed sequence homology to the endonuclease (EN) region of the maize non-LTR retrotransposon (LINE) Cin4. We carried out further PCRs

Early pathological changes of Bovine papilloma virus (BPV-2)-fern (Pteridium aquilinum and Onychium contiguum fern) interaction in hamsters were studied. In bracken-exposed cattle, BPV induces malignancy in gastrointestinal and urinary bladder mucosa. Cutaneous warts were transmitted successfully in