Abstract:The expansion of the spectrum of use of food additives and, in particular, food dyes (FD), increases the risk of increasing human exposure to genotoxicants. Since in real life, not pure substances with proven genetic safety are in contact with a person, but complex mixtures of unknown composition, even minor impurities in which can become an additional source or modifier of genome instability effects. Of particular concern in this aspect are synthetic FD azo and diazo compounds which can be transformed by huma… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.