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Cover Picture: Methylated Phenylarsenical Metabolites Discovered in Chicken Liver (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 24/2017)
Author(s) -
Peng Hanyong,
Hu Bin,
Liu Qingqing,
Li Jinhua,
Li XingFang,
Zhang Hongquan,
Le X. Chris
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201704555
Subject(s) - rooster , arsenic , int , chemistry , inorganic arsenic , food science , biochemistry , organic chemistry , geography , computer science , operating system , archaeology
Arsenic affects … … hundreds of millions of people around the world, and it is not clear how phenylarsenicals that are fed to chickens as food additives are metabolized. In their Communication on page 6773 ff., B. Hu, X. C. Le, and co‐workers reveal that phenylarsenicals are methylated in chicken and demonstrate the toxicological relevance of the new arsenic metabolites in the Year of the Rooster.