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Dies ist das Geheimnis der unterschiedlichen Quecksilbertoxizität. Insbesondere Candida-Pilze, Vitamin C, Vitamin F (Folsäure) und Vitamin B 12 fördern diese Methylierung (Zorn, Smith: Life Sci 47 (1990), 167-73)