Kurhan, ŞebnemÇakır, İbrahim2021-06-232021-06-2320162347-467X2322-0007https://doi.org/10.12944/CRNFSJ.4.Special-Issue-October.11https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12491/8666Lactic acid bacteria commonly named as probiotics have a broad range of utilization area in human diet and food industry. Besides these known properties of probiotics, in recent years many researchers have focused on their anti-genotoxic called DNA-bioprotective effects. Human gets exposure with genotoxins such as mycotoxins, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and n-nitroso-compounds through diet and environmental contaminations. Aflatoxin B-1 is mycotoxin which was reported one of the most potent hepato-carcinogen and its exposure stems from human diet. In this study, we aimed to investigate DNA-bioprotective effect of Lactobacillus plantarum on human colon adenocarcinoma (Caco-2) cells against Aflatoxin B-1 (AFB(1)) with comet assay without metabolic activation. The results showed that DNA-bioprotective effect of L. plantarum did reduce the AFB(1)'s genotoxic effect on colon adenocarcinoma (Caco-2) cells. Positive control (50 iM H2O2 applied) and high dose (>10ppm) AFB(1) applied cells have the same comet tail appearance. Only visual scoring is performed. Besides negative control cells (Only PBS) and Lactobacillus plantarum+AFB(1) mixture showed the same manner with each other; no comet tail detected. These results clearly indicate that L. plantarum is capable of reduce AFB(1) safely without producing any by-products.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessProbioticsAflatoxin B-1L. PlantarumComet Assay (SCGE)Article10.12944/CRNFSJ.4.Special-Issue-October.11487912-s2.0-85016074939Q3WOS:000453279100011N/A