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Irwin, Wong, Kwon. Biomacromolecules. 14(1): 264- 274. Amyloid fibrils such as those found in Alzheimer’s disease are thermodynamically very stable, but there is evidence that small molecules like food dyes can remodel them safely. The authors performed a remodeling trial … Continue reading
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Ferreira, Faria, da Silva Ferreira, Soares-Bezerra. International Journal of Food Science. 2016:7548498 Ferreira reviewed what was known about the medical uses of Blue 1. The purinergic system is widespread throughout the brain, nervous system and every other system in the … Continue reading
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Ganeshpurkar, Saluja. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal. 25, 149-164. This is a comprehensive review of Rutin — a natural-source pharmaceutical that has an almost unbelievable profile of benefits. It is found in many sources, including passion flowers, apples, and buckwheat (kasha). Prevents … Continue reading
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International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 127: 297-305 Red 40, with hen egg white lysozyme (HEWL), forms amyloid-like aggregates. (A lysozyme is an enzyme in human tears and egg white.) The amyloid fibril formation can be observed by an electron microscope, … Continue reading
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Spectrochimica Acta Part A: molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 15(181(: 116-124. Tartrazine (Yellow 5) interacts with both human and bovine albumin to form amyloid fibrils such as those found in some neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. MedLine || Full Text
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by Jane Hersey, 2022 Alzheimer’s disease was first recognized in 1906, and for decades the pharmaceutical industry has been searching for a drug that would prevent and/or treat it. But after decades of effort and billions of dollars, there have … Continue reading
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Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 29 (2022) 100894. Hasan, Khan, Chowdhury, Khan, Moni, & Rahman This study, done in Bangladesh and Australia, compared something called “docking” ability of Quercetin with that of the usual drugs for several diseases, and found that … Continue reading
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Heliyon 7 (2021) e06378 Various doses of Erythrosine (Red 3) and Tartrazine (Yellow 5) were given to rats for six weeks. At that time, their behavior and ability to recognize objects was evaluated. At the end, their brains were studied … Continue reading
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Just finished: a compilation of all the studies I can find on the food dyes used in the US and their connection with behavior and health. Download here(190 pages) This project was created to help the California Office of Environmental … Continue reading
