Evaluation of the genotoxicity of the food additive, gum ghatti

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 854-860

  Hobbs, Cheryl A ^a   Swartz, Carol ^a   Maronpot, Robert ^b   Davis, Jeffrey ^a   Recio, Leslie ^a   Hayashi, Shim mo ^c  

^a ILS Inc   (United States)

^b Maronpot Consulting LLC   (United States)

^c SAN EI GEN F F I INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromosome damage; DNA damage; Food additive; Gum; Mutagenicity

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE; GUM GHATTI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TOXICOLOGY; GENOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; MUTAGEN TESTING; NONHUMAN; REVERTANT; SALMONELLA; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FOOD ADDITIVES; MALE; MICE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; PLANT GUMS;

ANOGEISSUS LATIFOLIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRICETULUS GRISEUS; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84856446184     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.11.021     Document Type: Article

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