Controversies in toxicology assessing food additive toxicity using a cell model

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-105

  Stefanidou, M ^a   Alevisopoulos, G ^a   Chatziioannou, A ^a   Koutselinis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BENZOIC ACID; BUTYLCRESOL; FOOD ADDITIVE; FOOD DYE; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; PROTOZOAL DNA; SODIUM NITRATE; TARTRAZINE; DNA; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; DNA SYNTHESIS; FOOD POISONING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MACRONUCLEUS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTING;

PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

ANIMALS; DNA; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; MITOSIS; NITRATES; SODIUM BENZOATE; TARTRAZINE; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 0038514044     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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