A 90-day oral toxicity study of Tartrazine, a synthetic food dye, in Wistar rats

International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages 159-169

  Himri, Imane ^a   Bellahcen, Said ^a   Souna, Faiza ^a   Belmakki, Fatima ^a   Aziz, Mohammed ^a   Bnouham, Mohamed ^a   Zoheir, Jouhar ^b   Berkia, Zolikha ^c   Mekhfi, Hassane ^a   Saalaoui, Ennouamane ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b Laboratoire d'Analyse Zoheir   (Morocco)

^c Cabinet d'Anatomie Pathologique   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Hepatotoxicity; Nephrotoxicity; Subchronic toxicity; Tartrazine; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; FOOD DYE; GLUCOSE; NITROGEN; SULFANILIC ACID; TARTRAZINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ECHINOCYTE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 79957706754     PISSN: 09751491     EISSN: 09751491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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