The synthetic food colouring agent Allura Red AC (E129) is not genotoxic in a flow cytometry-based micronucleus assay in vivo

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 86-89

  Abramsson Zetterberg, Lilianne ^a,b   Ilbäck, Nils Gunnar ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allura Red; Azo dyes; Chromosome aberration; E129; Micronucleus test

Indexed keywords

ALLURA RED AC; FOOD DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOTOXICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICRONUCLEATED POLYCHROMATIC ERYTHROCYTE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALLURA RED; AZO DYES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; E129; MICRONUCLEUS TEST;

ANIMALS; AZO COMPOUNDS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84879593510     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.05.047     Document Type: Article

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