Erythrosine (FD&C Red No. 3) is widely used as a coloring agent for foods, beverages, pharmaceutical preparations, and cosmetics. It has been evaluated for acceptable daily intake by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (see Annex 1, Ref. Nos. 8, 19 & 35) in 1964, 1969 and 1974. At the 18th Meeting (1974) of the Committee, an ADI of 0 2.5 mg/kg body weight was allocated. Toxicol...

Amyloid fibrils implicated in numerous human diseases are thermodynamically very stable. Stringent conditions that would not be possible in a physiological environment are often required to disrupt the stable fibrils. Recently, there is increasing evidence that small molecules can remodel amyloid fibrils in a physiologically relevant manner. In order to investigate possible fibril remodeling me...

Abstract For the measurement of flow-induced microrotations in flows utilizing depolarization phosphorescence anisotropy, suitable luminophores are crucial. The present work examines dyes xanthene family, namely Rhodamine B, Eosin Y and Erythrosine B. Both solution incorporated particles, examined regarding their luminescent lifetimes quantum yield. In an oxygen-rich environment at room tempera...

An exposure assessment of synthetic food colours was carried out among 1-5- and 6-18-year-old individuals by the food frequency method. Children had an intake of solid food consumption in the range 2-465 g day(-1) and liquid food consumption in the range 25-840 ml day(-1) with added colours. Among the eight permitted colours in India, six were consumed by the subjects of the study. The intakes ...

Various meals being currently consumed by urban Japanese were determined for iodine. The meal samples were collected in 1982 and 1984. The habitual daily home meals of 4 middle-aged Japanese living in urban areas contained 45-1,921 micrograms (mean; 362, 361, 429 and 1,023 micrograms, respectively) of iodine per day. The regular meals served in two university hospitals contained 95-287 microgra...

Background Dental plaque is one of the predominant causes of major oral diseases. Although mechanical and chemical methods are extensively followed to control the development of plaque, plaque-related diseases still persist. Therefore, this necessitates for alternative measures of plaque control, one such alternative is photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT). Materials and Methods Spl...

Cobalt sulfide (CoS2) nanostructures were synthesized via a simple thermal decomposition method using [Co(oct)2] as a new precursor. Using the organometallic compound as precursor could synthesize materials in nano-scale because of having the massive structure that acted as capping agent. The products were characterized by various analyses such as X-ray diffraction pattern (XRD), scanning elect...