Does potassium sorbate induce genotoxic or mutagenic effects in lymphocytes?

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 790-794

  Mamur, Sevcan ^a   Yüzbaşioǧlu, Deniz ^a   Ünal, Fatma ^a   Yilmaz, Serkan ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chromosomal aberrations (CAs); Comet (SCGE) assay; Food additive; Genotoxic effects; Human lymphocytes; Micronucleus (MN); Potassium sorbate; Sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs)

Indexed keywords

SORBATE POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MITOSIS INDEX; MUTAGENICITY; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES; COMET ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MITOTIC INDEX; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SORBIC ACID;

EID: 77649188970     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2009.12.021     Document Type: Article

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