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Release of Melamine and Formaldehyde from Melamine-Formaldehyde Plastic Kitchenware [PDF]
Molecules, 2020 The release of melamine and formaldehyde from kitchenware made of melamine resins is still a matter of great concern. To investigate the migration and release behavior of the monomers from melamine-based food contact materials into food simulants and ...
Ingo Ebner +5 more
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An assessment of melamine exposure in Shanghai adults and its association with food consumption
Environment International, 2020 Melamine is widely used to make household products including plates, cups, and large-scale industrial plastic products. Studies have shown the nephrotoxicity of melamine.
Xinli Shi, Ruihua Dong, Bo Chen
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Inter-day and inter-individual variability in urinary concentrations of melamine and cyanuric acid
Environment International, 2019 Melamine is used extensively in household products, such as furniture, dinnerware, and food utensils. Several studies have shown that melamine adversely affects kidney function. Nevertheless, little is known about urinary melamine concentrations, and its
Hongkai Zhu, Kurunthachalam Kannan
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Environment International, 2019 We determined the concentrations of melamine, ammeline, ammelide, and cyanuric acid in meat, fish and seafood, cereal products, beverages, cooking oil, and vegetables (n = 121) collected from Albany, New York, United States.
Hongkai Zhu, Kurunthachalam Kannan
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Functional and Molecular Characterization of Melamine-Induced Disruption of Human Spermatozoa via Oxidative Stress and Apoptotic Pathways: An In Vitro Study [PDF]
AntioxidantsMelamine, a nitrogen-rich industrial chemical, has raised increasing concern as an emerging environmental contaminant with potential reproductive toxicity.
Francesca Paola Luongo +6 more
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Evaluation of the cytotoxic and genotoxic effects by melamine and cyanuric acid co-exposure in human embryonic kidney 293 cells [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2020 The melamine and cyanuric acid (CA) complex has been suggested to cause the toxic effects observed in melamine-contaminated food or milk. However, the cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of co-exposure to melamine and CA are not fully clear.
Xianrong Xu +8 more
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Melamine Induces Oxidative Stress in Mouse Ovary. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Melamine is a nitrogen heterocyclic triazine compound which is widely used as an industrial chemical. Although melamine is not considered to be acutely toxic with a high LD50 in animals, food contaminated with melamine expose risks to the human health ...
Xiao-Xin Dai +5 more
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Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2010 Melamine contamination of infant formula in China and its health effects highlight the safety of the global food supply especially as it relates to formula-fed infants. Melamine is a widely used industrial chemical not considered acutely toxic with a high LD(50) in animals.
Carl G, Skinner +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Although several studies showed adverse neurotoxic effects of melamine on hippocampus (HPC)-dependent learning and reversal learning, the evidence for this mechanism is still unknown.
Wei Sun +4 more
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021 Exposure to melamine, which is ubiquitous in daily life, is linked to adverse kidney outcomes. The melamine tolerable daily intake in humans is based on the no-observed-effect-level (NOEL) established in a single-toxicant murine model.
Ming-Tsang Wu +6 more
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