Genotoxic and mutagenic effects of erythrosine B, a xanthene food dye, on HepG2 cells

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3447-3451

  Chequer, Farah Maria Drumond ^a   Venâncio, Vinícius de Paula ^a   Bianchi, Maria de Lourdes Pires ^a   Antunes, Lusânia Maria Greggi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Food colorant; In vitro; Micronucleus test

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROSINE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; XANTHENE;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMET ASSAY; CYTOKINESIS; DNA STRUCTURE; DRUG INDUSTRY; FOOD; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MICRONUCLEUS; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; MUTAGENICITY;

CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; ERYTHROSINE; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 84865515930     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.07.042     Document Type: Article

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