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ArticleToxicological research2020

Effect of tartrazine on digestive enzymatic activities: in vivo and in vitro studies.

Fatma Zohra Ameur, Nabila Mehedi, Cristina Soler Rivas, Antonio Gonzalez, Omar Kheroua, Djamel Saidi

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Article in Toxicological research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Fatma Zohra AmeurLaboratory of Physiology of Nutrition and Food Security, University Oran1 Ahmed BenBella, Oran, Algeria.
Nabila MehediLaboratory of Physiology of Nutrition and Food Security, University Oran1 Ahmed BenBella, Oran, Algeria.
Cristina Soler Rivas2Department of Production and Characterization of Novel Foods, CIAL-Research Institute in Food Science (UAM-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
Antonio Gonzalez3Institute of Molecular Pathology Biomarkers, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.
Omar KherouaLaboratory of Physiology of Nutrition and Food Security, University Oran1 Ahmed BenBella, Oran, Algeria.
Djamel SaidiLaboratory of Physiology of Nutrition and Food Security, University Oran1 Ahmed BenBella, Oran, Algeria.
Université Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella · DZInstituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación · ESUniversidad de Extremadura · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tartrazine (E102) is a synthetic food coloring, which belongs to the class of mono azo dyes and is known to cause numerous health problems. The current research aimed to evaluate the effect of this food dye on the enzymatic activity of amylase, lipase and proteases after a subchronic ingestion in Swiss mice. Additionally, an in vitro digestion model was used to highlight the relationship between the probable toxicity of tartrazine and the nature of the food ingested. The results show that there were no adverse effects of tartrazine on the body weight gain, and on amylase or lipase activities. However, in the high dose of tartrazine (0.05%) group, a significant decrease in trypsin and chymotrypsin enzymatic activities were observed. Regarding the in vitro digestion model, our findings show that there were no changes in the trypsin and chymotrypsin enzymatic activities either using 7.5 or 75 mg of tartrazine mixed with rice, butter or milk. We conclude that excessive consumption of tartrazine appears to alter the enzymatic activity of proteases in vivo which may have deleterious consequences on digestion. Even thought the dose close to the acceptable daily intake does not affect those activities, a strict control of tartrazine dose in high-consumption foods especially among children is an indispensable task.

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PMID32257928
PMCPMC7099100
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