Article
[Genotoxic study of commercial dyes with tartrazine base in S. typhimurium his- and E. coli trp-].
Revista de sanidad e higiene publica - 1 Jan 2000
Pollastrini M T, Barea M, Salas J
Abstract excerpt
We study the genotoxic character of 21 food dyes samples with tartrazine in different trade-marks. Two homologated assays "in vitro" of reverse mutation in S. typhimurium and E. coli are used, with metabolic activation. There is no evidence of mutagenic character in any sample.
Topics
- Escherichia coli
- Histidine
- Mutagenicity Tests
- Mutation
- Salmonella typhimurium
- Tartrazine
- Tryptophan