Evaluation of the genotoxicity of chitosan nanoparticles for use in food packaging films

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  De Lima, Renata ^a   Feitosa, Leandro ^a   Pereira, Anderson do Espírito Santo ^a   De Moura, Márcia Regina ^b,d   Aouada, Fauze Ahmad ^c,d   Mattoso, Luiz Henrique Capparelli ^a,d   Fraceto, Leonardo Fernandes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOROCABA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Food packaging; Nanoparticles; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; MUTAGENIC AGENT; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD PACKAGING; GENETICS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS INDEX; MUTAGEN TESTING; ONION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELLS, CULTURED; CHITOSAN; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOSIS; MITOTIC INDEX; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; NANOPARTICLES; ONIONS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACIDS; SEEDLING;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 77955831982     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2010.01682.x     Document Type: Article

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