The effect of aspartame metabolites on the suckling rat frontal cortex acetylcholinesterase. An in vitro study

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2397-2401

  Simintzi, Irene ^a   Schulpis, Kleopatra H ^b   Angelogianni, Panagoula ^a   Liapi, Charis ^a   Tsakiris, Stylianos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Aspartame; Aspartate; Frontal cortex; Methanol; Phenylalanine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ASPARTAME DERIVATIVE; ASPARTIC ACID; METHANOL; PHENYLALANINE; SWEETENING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HOMOGENATE; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUCKLING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; ASPARTAME; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SWEETENING AGENTS;

RATTUS;

EID: 35349006838     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.06.016     Document Type: Article

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