Toxic puberulic acid found in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co.’s dietary supplements that led to widespread health damage can cause renal tubular necrosis, the health ministry said, citing animal ...

Lithocholic acid is one such secondary metabolite, made by gut bacteria from a bile acid produced by the host. But the idea ...

Since it is not yet clear whether puberulic acid is the culprit, the ministry said it will conduct animal experiments to evaluate the substance’s toxicity, among other things. The health ...

In the case of ethanol, this process makes acetaldehyde—a toxic chemical—and then acetate, or acetic acid, the acid found in vinegar. However, methanol becomes formaldehyde—a cancer-causing ...

Acetaldehyde is toxic, but is rapidly converted to acetate (also known as acetic acid, found in vinegar). Generating an acid may sound bad, but acetate actually produces energy and makes important ...

Amid discoveries of toxic PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in tap water, Japan ministries for the first time ...