Furan in heat-treated foods: Formation, exposure, toxicity, and aspects of risk assessment

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1197-1211

  Moro, Sabrina ^a   Chipman, James Kevin ^b   Wegener, Jan Willem ^c   Hamberger, Carolin ^a   Dekant, Wolfgang ^a   Mally, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carcinogen; Food contaminant; Furan; Genotoxicity; Liver

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; FURAN; FURAN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; BABY FOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COFFEE; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HEAT; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER CELL; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADENOMA, LIVER CELL; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; COFFEE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FURANS; HEPATOCYTES; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84865116520     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201200093     Document Type: Review

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