Cytogenetic study in cultured human lymphocytes treated with three commonly used preservatives

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2390-2393

  Mpountoukas, P ^a   Vantarakis, A ^a   Sivridis, E ^a   Lialiaris, T ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cytostaticity; Cytotoxicity; Genotoxicity; Potassium nitrate; Potassium sorbate; Sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs); Sodium benzoate

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID; POTASSIUM NITRATE; PRESERVATIVE; SORBATE POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOSTASIS; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

CELL CYCLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NITRATES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM BENZOATE; SORBIC ACID;

EID: 44749086993     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.03.021     Document Type: Article

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