background: there is unprecedented increase in the processing and packaging of many plant materials into food supplements, herbal medicine, skincare and cosmetic products for human needs. baphia nitida is used for topical skincare products. toluene, a toxic aromatic solvent, is increasingly being used in the production of these skincare and cosmetic products in many industries. this study asses...

Saeed S. M.G., Abdullah S.U., Sayeed S.A., Ali R. (2010): Food protein: Food colour interactions and its application in rapid protein assay. Czech J. Food Sci., 28: 506–513. The uniform distribution of colours as additives in a majority of the food systems is a reliable indication that one or more components of foods are able to bind with colour molecules and act as their carriers. However, the...

Food colors have been in use since long to restore the original food appearance. The azo dyes tartrazine, metanil yellow and sunset yellow are used in different food items for coloring purpose. The great increase in the use of these food colors led to cause adverse effects in different body organs. A blend of two or more dyes may produce an altogether different response. So the present study wa...

Cochineal is the name of both crimson or carmine dye and the cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus), a scale insect from which the dye is derived. There are other species in the genus Dactylopius which can be used to produce cochineal extract, but they are extremely difficult to distinguish from D. coccus, even for expert taxonomists, and the latter scientific name (and the use of the term "coch...

OBJECTIVE The present study was carried out to evaluate the toxic effect of blend of some food colors on Swiss albino rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS A blend (1:1:1) of sunset yellow, metanil yellow and tartrazine showed additive effects on serological parameters which indicate that addition of these dye together in food stuff may give rise to more toxic effects than are produced by each dye indi...

Malachite green dye is widely used in food and textile industries for various purposes and also used as biocide in the aquaculture industry to control fungal attacks and protozoan infections. Surface and ground water is contaminated by dyes due to discharge of untreated wastewater from industries. The presence of malachite green in water causes serious health effects such as mutagenesis, re...

Cochineal is the name of both crimson or carmine dye and the cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus), a scale insect from which the dye is derived. There are other species in the genus Dactylopius which can be used to produce cochineal extract, but they are extremely difficult to distinguish from D. coccus, even for expert taxonomists, and the latter scientific name (and the use of the term "coch...