Cytotoxicity and morphological effects induced by carvacrol and thymol on the human cell line Caco-2

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 281-290

  Llana Ruiz Cabello, María ^a   Gutiérrez Praena, Daniel ^a   Pichardo, Silvia ^a   Moreno, F Javier ^a   Bermúdez, José María ^b   Aucejo, Susana ^b   Cameán, Ana María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b ITENE (Packaging Transport and Logistics Research Institute)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caco 2 cell line; Carvacrol; Essential oil; Morphology; Oregano; Thymol

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; ESSENTIAL OIL; FOOD ADDITIVE; NEUTRAL RED; OREGANO OIL; TETRAZOLIUM; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGOSOME; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EXPOSURE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID DEGENERATION; MEGAMITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL DAMAGE; NUCLEOLAR SEGREGATION; PROTEIN CONTENT; SAFETY; TOXICITY TESTING;

CACO-2 CELL LINE; CARVACROL; ESSENTIAL OIL; MORPHOLOGY; OREGANO; THYMOL;

CACO-2 CELLS; HUMANS; MONOTERPENES; THYMOL;

EID: 84890941547     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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