The evaluation of the genotoxicity of two food preservatives: Sodium benzoate and potassium benzoate

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 763-769

  Zengin, N ^a   Yuzbasioglu D ^a   Unal F ^a   Yilmaz, S ^b   Aksoy, H ^c  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Food additive; Genotoxicity; Human lymphocytes; Potassium benzoate; Sodium benzoate

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID; FOOD PRESERVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PRESERVATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MITOSIS INDEX; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; SCREENING TEST; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TOXICITY TESTING;

BENZOATES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; SODIUM BENZOATE;

EID: 79952535376     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.11.040     Document Type: Article

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