Abstract A variety of additives found in foodstuffs have been associated with triggering a number clinical pictures. Hypersensitivity reactions allergic and non-allergic etiology widely described, but are reported to be rare overall. This review presents selection food for which anaphylactic described. These include colorants (e.g., tartrazine, carmine, patent blue), preservatives sulfites, sod...

Effective from January 30, 2014 236 Absinth extract A substance composed mainly of sesquiterpenes obtained from the whole absinth grass. 10 α-Acetolactate decarboxylase 146 Acid clay 147 Acid phosphatase 3 Actinidine 56 Activated acid clay 55 Active carbon A substance obtained by carbonizing and activating carbon-containing substances. 5 Acylase 11 5'-Adenylic acid 2 Agarase 4 Agrobacterium suc...

The first published report of an adverse reaction to a food additive was that provided by Lockey (1959). He described urticaria in a patient who was given steroid therapy, the formulation of which contained tartrazine. In 1973 the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food’s Food Additives and Contaminants Committee produced an interim report on the Review of the Colouring Matter in Food Regul...

This historical review takes a few selected issues from the rheological studies of extensional flow that fill the literature, starting with extracts from the seminal papers of Trouton (Proc. Roy. Soc. A77 (1906) 426-440) and Fano (Archivio di fisiologio, 5 (1908) 365-370). Work in the first half of the twentieth century on spinnability and extensional viscosity measurement is highlighted, follo...

Introduction: Placebo and nocebo phenomena in pharmacology are very important, but controversial issues from the perspective of evidence-based medicine (EBM) in many ways. Topic: Glorifi cation and vilifi cation of placebo controlled studies are the two opposite sides of the prevailing misunderstanding placebo and nocebo phenomena in medicine and pharmacology. This misunderstanding is an essent...

The maintenance of good health demands that food should not only be nutritious but also safe and of good quality. There has been growing concern regarding environmental contamination of food and excessive use of chemicals in food production and processing in the country in recent times. The growth of the food processing industry in India has consequently been very rapid, about 24 per cent in 19...

Researchers from a diverse array of scientific disciplines have focused and continue to focus on opportunities and areas for responsible clinical research involving the possible beneficial health effects of "probiotics." Investigators and researchers should be aware that not all clinical research involving probiotics reasonably falls within the requirements of the "investigational new drug" (IN...