DNA damage in human lymphocytes exposed to four food additives in vitro

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 926-937

  Yilmaz, Serkan ^a   Ünal, Fatma ^b   Yüzbaşıoğlu, Deniz ^b   Çelik, Mustafa ^c  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

benzoic acid; calcium propionate; citric acid; comet assay; Food additives; phosphoric acid

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID; CALCIUM PROPIONATE; CITRIC ACID; FOOD ADDITIVE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

CELL CULTURE; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MUTAGEN TESTING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTAGENICITY;

BENZOIC ACID; CELLS, CULTURED; CITRIC ACID; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; FOOD ADDITIVES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PHOSPHORIC ACIDS; PROPIONATES;

EID: 84911386094     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233712466132     Document Type: Article

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