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==Health benefits== ''Penicillium roqueforti'' does not produce [[penicillin]].<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(54)91388-0|title=Assay of Various Mold-Ripened Cheeses for Antibiotic Activity|journal=Journal of Dairy Science|volume=37|issue=10|pages=1184β1189|year=1954|last1=Wilkowske|first1=H.H.|last2=Krienke|first2=W.A.|doi-access=free}}</ref> However, due to the presence of other anti-inflammatory proteins,<ref name=":0" /> it was common in country districts for shepherds to apply this cheese to wounds to avoid [[gangrene]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Science of Cheese |last1=Hughes |first1=Tunick |last2=Michael |year=2014 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford, UK |isbn=978-0199922307 |page=109}}</ref> The presence of [[anti-inflammatory]] compounds was confirmed by a 2012 study.<ref>{{cite web|year=2012|publisher=LiveScience|title=Say Cheese! Roquefort May Keep Hearts Healthy|url=http://www.livescience.com/25622-roquefort-cheese-health.html}}</ref> A study from 2013 found that proteins from Roquefort cheese inhibit [[Chlamydia infection|chlamydia]] propagation and [[lipopolysaccharide]] (LPS) leukocyte migration.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal|journal=ScientificWorldJournal|doi=10.1155/2013/140591|title=Roquefort cheese proteins inhibit Chlamydia pneumoniae propagation and LPS-induced leukocyte migration|year=2013|pmid=23737705|pmc=3655667|volume=2013|pages=140591|last1=Petyaev|first1=Ivan M.|last2=Zigangirova|first2=Naylia A.|last3=Kobets|first3=Natalie V.|last4=Tsibezov|first4=Valery|last5=Kapotina|first5=Lydia N.|last6=Fedina|first6=Elena D.|last7=Bashmakov|first7=Yuriy K.|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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