Safety assessment of esters of p-hydroxybenzoic acid (parabens)

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 985-1015

  Soni, M G ^a   Carabin, I G ^b   Burdock, G A ^a  

^a Burdock Group   (United States)

^b Women's Health Sciences Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Cosmetic; Drug; Excipient; Food additive; Food ingredient; Parabens; Preservative; Safety

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZOIC ACID; BUTYL PARABEN; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; DRUG PRESERVATIVE; ETHYL PARABEN; FOOD ADDITIVE; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYL PARABEN; NEOSTIGMINE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PROPYL PARABEN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHOSPASM; CANDIDIASIS; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; EYE IRRITATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; LETHAL DOSE; LIPOPHILICITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTAGENICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PILL; PRURITUS; PURPURA; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIZATION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PENETRATION; SUPPOSITORY; SYRUP; TERATOGENICITY; URINALYSIS; URTICARIA; VAGINITIS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 17044392658     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2005.01.020     Document Type: Review

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