Toxicological evaluation of potassium sorbate added to cigarette tobacco

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 339-351

  Gaworski, C L ^a   Lemus Olalde, R ^a   Carmines, E L ^a  

^a Philip Morris USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette tobacco; Inhalation; Potassium sorbate

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; 2 NITROPROPANE; BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CIGARETTE SMOKE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; ISOPRENE; NAPHTHALENE; NICOTINE; NITROSAMINE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SORBATE POTASSIUM; TOLUENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PYROLYSIS; RAT; TOBACCO;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BALB 3T3 CELLS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MARROW CELLS; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; CELL SURVIVAL; COTININE; FEMALE; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NICOTINE; RETICULOCYTES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SMOKE; SORBIC ACID; TOBACCO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEPTUNIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RATTUS;

EID: 36849056604     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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