Indigo Carmine: Between Necessity and Concern [PDF]
Journal of Xenobiotics, 2023 Dyes, such as indigo carmine, have become indispensable to modern life, being widely used in the food, textile, pharmaceutical, medicine, and cosmetic industry. Although indigo carmine is considered toxic and has many adverse effects, it is found in many
Otilia Zarnescu
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Follow‐up of the re‐evaluation of indigo carmine (E 132) as a food additive [PDF]
EFSA Journal, 2023 Indigo carmine (E 312) was re‐evaluated in 2014 by the EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient sources added to Food (ANS). The ANS Panel confirmed the acceptable daily intake (ADI) of 5 mg/kg body weight (bw) per day for indigo carmine allocated by ...
EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF) +27 more
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Usefulness of indigo carmine chromoendoscopy for detecting gastric cancer and gastric adenoma during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (INDIGO study): protocol for a prospective multicentre observational study [PDF]
BMJ Open GastroenterologyIntroduction Early gastric cancer is characterised by subtle mucosal and colour changes that frequently lead to missed lesions during routine endoscopy, making detection difficult. Indigo carmine spraying is a classical chromoendoscopic method to enhance
Hideki Ishikawa +3 more
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Effects of Indigo Carmine on Growth, Cell Division, and Morphology of Allium cepa L. Root Tip [PDF]
ToxicsIndigo carmine has a variety of uses in foods, textiles, medicine, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. There are studies reporting the toxic potential of indigo carmine on human health and the environment.
Madalina-Elena Ristea, Otilia Zarnescu
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Calcium hydroxide as low cost adsorbent for the effective removal of indigo carmine dye in water
Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 2017 Adsorption of indigo carmine dye onto calcium hydroxide was investigated in this work. The variation in the pH, adsorbent dose, dye concentration, duration and the temperature was evaluated.
Thimmasandra Narayan Ramesh
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Safety of a feed additive consisting of indigo carmine for cats, dogs and ornamental fish (Sensient Colors Europe GmbH) [PDF]
EFSA JournalFollowing a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety of indigo carmine as a colourant feed additive for cats, dogs and ornamental fish.
EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) +24 more
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The activity of indigo carmine against bacteriophages: an edible antiphage agent [PDF]
Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyBacteriophage infections in bacterial cultures pose a significant challenge to industrial bioprocesses, necessitating the development of innovative antiphage solutions.
Sada Raza +7 more
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Adsorption of Indigo Carmine Dye onto Physicochemical-Activated Leaves of Agave Americana L [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, 2021 Dyes represent a serious threat to the environment when released in wastewaters. Hence, the main objective of this work was to design and fabricate an activated carbon from an invasive plant – Agave Americana L – capable of removing indigo carmine in ...
Jalel Ben Nasr, Achraf Ghorbal
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Molecules, 2022 The aims of this article were to investigate Bacillus safensis HL3 spore for its capacity to degrade and detoxify indigo carmine and to provide an effective biological agent for the treatment of isatin dye wastewater.
Chunlei Wang +8 more
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Molecules, 2022 Indigo carmine is a commonly used industrial blue dye. To determine its concentration in a commercially available food dye composed of a mixture of indigo carmine and D-glucose, this paper characterizes it through (ATR, KBr) FTIR micro-Raman as well as ...
Maja C. Pagnacco +7 more
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