Lack of genotoxic effect of food dyes amaranth, sunset yellow and tartrazine and their metabolites in the gut micronucleus assay in mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 443-448

  Poul, Martine ^a   Jarry, Gérard ^a   Elhkim, Mostafa Ould ^a   Poul, Jean Michel ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Food dyes; Genotoxicity; Gut micronucleus test; Metabolism; Mouse

Indexed keywords

AMARANTH; FOOD DYE; SUNSET YELLOW; TARTRAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENOTOXICITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMARANTH DYE; ANIMALS; AZO COMPOUNDS; COLON; COLORING AGENTS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FECES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MITOSIS; MUTAGENS; TARTRAZINE;

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; MUS;

EID: 58249121987     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.11.034     Document Type: Article

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