Oxidative Dimerization of tert. -Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA) in Various Concentrations in Triacylglycerols at High Temperature

Endocrine disrupting effects of butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA - E320)

Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) is extensively used as antioxidant in foods, food packaging, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. In the past years, it raised concerns regarding its possible endocrine disrupting effect. The existing in vitro studies indicate that BHA presents a weak estrogenic effect and also anti-androgenic properties while an in vivo study found it to have antiestrogenic properties....

Scientific Opinion on the re-evaluation of butylated hydroxyanisole – BHA

The Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS) delivers a scientific opinion re-evaluating the safety of butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) (E 320). BHA is a synthetic antioxidant authorised as a food additive in the EU that was previously evaluated by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) several times, the latest in 1989 and the EU Scientific Committee...

Chemical intolerance to butylated-hydroxyanisole (BHA) and butylated-hydroxytoluene (BHT) and vascular response as an indicator and monitor of drug intolerance.

Detection of Genotoxicity of Phenolic Antioxidants, Butylated hydroxyanisole and tert-Butylhydroquinone in Multiple Mouse Organs by the Alkaline Comet Assay

In this study we tested the genotoxicity of two widely used phenolic antioxidants, butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) in multiple mouse organs using the alkaline comet assay. Tissue samples from four organs (stomach, liver, kidney and bone marrow) were collected from male mice at 3 and 24 h post treatment with BHA (800 mg/kg) or TBHQ (400 mg/kg) and examined for ge...

Hepatoprotective effect of food preservatives (butylated hydroxyanisole, butylated hydroxytoluene) on carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity in rat

Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), a hepatotoxic agent is widely used to study the toxic mechanisms in experimental animals. This study was carried out to establish the hepatoprotective measures of food preservative antioxidants butylated hydroxyanisole and butylated hydroxytolune (BHA, BHT) when mixed with food towards carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) intoxication (230 mg/ kg b wt/rat/day) in rat. Bioche...