Immunological aspects of the common food colorants, amaranth and tartrazine

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-4

  Koutsogeorgopoulou, L ^a   Maravelias, C ^a   Methenitou, G ^a   Koutselinis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMARANTH; CHROMIUM 51; COLORING AGENT; DNA; NEUTRAL RED; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; TARTRAZINE; TETRAZOLIUM BLUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL;

ADULT; AMARANTH DYE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DNA; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; NEUTRAL RED; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TARTRAZINE; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; THYMIDINE;

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS;

EID: 0031886303     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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