Genotoxicity of aspartame

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-268

  Rencüzoǧullari, Eyyüp ^a   Tüylü, Berrin Ayaz ^b   Topaktaş, Mehmet ^a   Ila, Hasan Basri ^a   Kayraldiz, Ahmet ^a   Arslan, Mehmet ^a   Diler, Songül Budak ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ames test; Aspartame; Chromosome aberrations; Micronuclei; Sister chromatid exchange; Sweeteners

Indexed keywords

ASPARTAME; DIPEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; SWEETENING AGENT;

ADULT; AMES TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATID EXCHANGE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MITOSIS INDEX; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; RAT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ANIMALS; ASPARTAME; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; RATS; SALMONELLA; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SWEETENING AGENTS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 4544331730     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/DCT-120037506     Document Type: Article

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