Toxicological Research
- Volume 3 Issue 1
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- Pages.27-32
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- 1987
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- 1976-8257(pISSN)
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- 2234-2753(eISSN)
IMPURITIES OF AMARANTH, A FOOD DYE; THEIR TOXICOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
- Shim, Jeom-Soon (Toxicology Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology) ;
- Kim, Yong-Hwa (Toxicology Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology) ;
- Roh, Jung-Koo (Toxicology Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
- Published : 1987.06.01
Abstract
Ethyl acetate extracts of 6 commercial amaranths produced in 1985 and 1986 were analyzed with a gas chromatograph. The
Keywords
- Amaranth;
- ${\alpha}$-naphthylamine (${\alpha}$-NA);
- ${\beta}$-naphtylamine (${\beta}$-NA);
- Salmonella typhymurium TA100;
- ${\alpha}$-nitronaphthalene (${\alpha}$-NN);
- ${\beta}$-nitronaphthalene (${\beta}$-NN)