Critical review of the safety assessment of nano-structured silica additives in food

Journal of Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Winkler, Hans Christian ^a   Suter, Mark ^a   Naegeli, Hanspeter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerosil; Corona; Dendritic cells; E 551; Food toxicology; Lymphoid tissue; Nanomaterial; SAS; Silicium dioxide; Synthetic amorphous silica

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CELLS; CHEMICAL HAZARDS; DECISION MAKING; FOOD STORAGE; MAMMALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PACKAGING MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICA;

AEROSILS; AMORPHOUS SILICA; CORONA; DENDRITIC CELLS; FOOD TOXICOLOGIES; LYMPHOID TISSUE; SILICIUM DIOXIDE;

FOOD SAFETY;

FOOD ADDITIVE; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DIOXIDE; NANOMATERIAL;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EXPOSURE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; NANOSTRUCTURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84976869315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14773155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12951-016-0189-6     Document Type: Review

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