Measuring artificial sweeteners toxicity using a bioluminescent bacterial panel

Molecules

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2018, Pages

  Harpaz, Dorin ^a,b,c   Yeo, Loo Pin ^a   Cecchini, Francesca ^d   Koon, Trish H P ^e,f   Kushmaro, Ariel ^b   Tok, Alfred I Y ^a,c   Marks, Robert S ^b   Eltzov, Evgeni ^g  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d Laboratori Turval Italia Srl   (Italy)

^e KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Singapore)

^g VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Artificial sweeteners; Bioluminescent bacteria; Environmental pollutants; Gut microbiota; Sport supplements; Toxic effect

Indexed keywords

ASPARTAME; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; SACCHARIN; SWEETENING AGENT;

BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; LUMINESCENCE;

ASPARTAME; BACTERIA; DRINKING WATER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; SACCHARIN; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 85054052651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules23102454     Document Type: Article

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