Effects of sodium benzoate, a widely used food preservative, on glucose homeostasis and metabolic profiles in humans

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 73-79

  Lennerz, Belinda S ^a   Vafai, Scott B ^b,c   Delaney, Nigel F ^b,c   Clish, Clary B ^c   Deik, Amy A ^c   Pierce, Kerry A ^c   Ludwig, David S ^a   Mootha, Vamsi K ^b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzoate; Diabetes; Hippurate; Preservative; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANTHRANILIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID; CLOTIAZEPAM; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; HIPPURIC ACID; INSULIN; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; ACETURIC ACID; ANTHRANILIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCINE; HIPPURIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERGLYCINEMIA; INGESTION; KETOGENESIS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLISM; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; ADOLESCENT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; GLYCINE; HIPPURATES; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; METABOLOME; ORTHO-AMINOBENZOATES; OVERWEIGHT; SODIUM BENZOATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920491023     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: 10967206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2014.11.010     Document Type: Article

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