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Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal. 25, 149-164. Ganeshpurkar & Saluja. 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). … Continue reading
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Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 2020 Aug;108(2):253-263. Garcia-Cremades, Solans, Hughes . . . & Savic Using pharmacokinetics integrated with in vitro data, the authors are attempting to define the best dose for HCQ both for treatment and for clinical trials, while avoiding … Continue reading
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Science. 207(4438): 1489-90. Red 3 was applied to nerve synapses in the frog, producing an irreversible, dose-dependent increase in neurotransmitter release. The author suggested this may be useful for studying neurotransmitters, but that the use of Red 3 as a … Continue reading
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European Review for Medical & Pharmacological Sciences. (21): 635-645. El-Desoky, Abdel-Ghaffar, Al-Othman … About-Soud Curcumin (an extract of turmeric) was studied to see if it could protect against the kidney and liver damage expected from the ADI of Tartrazine (Yellow 5) … Continue reading
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Toxicology Reports. 5: 146-155. This was not a test of tartrazine (Yellow 5) – they already knew it would be toxic. Rats in the “positive control” group (given Yellow 5) had elevated liver enzymes, cholesterol and triglycerides, as well as … Continue reading
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Nutrition. 2018 February. 46:36-40 This study found that 11.54% of the 1,681 processed items examined in a local supermarket in Singapore contained at least one of five food dyes — of which tartrazine (Yellow 5), sunset yellow (Yellow 6), and … Continue reading
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Journal of Food Science. 2013 April; 78(4): T642-7. Dixit, Khanna & Das This is the first national study on food additive use in India, collecting data on “sweets and savories.” Their dye extraction and identification technique (using pure wool strands) … Continue reading
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Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 2014 Feb; 102(2): 470-8. Titanium dioxide is a naturally occurring white powder approved by the FDA. It is used as a white coloring in many products we use every day such as toothpaste, … Continue reading
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Clinical Pediatrics, 2015 Apr;54(4):309-21, e-published April 24, 2014 Numerous foods and candies were purchased from local stores and processed to measure the amount of food dyes actually in them. Several comprehensive tables provide the details, but below is a sample: Some … Continue reading
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American Journal of Psychiatry. 2010 Sep;167(9): 1108-15 Stevenson analyzed the reactions of children in the McCann (2007) study to see why not all children react to additives in the same way. He found that variation in several genes that control … Continue reading
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Toxicological Sciences. 2006 Mar; 90(1):178-87. This is one of the few studies examining and comparing the neurotoxic activity of food additives alone and in combination. After determining how much of each additive reduces neurite development by 20%, Lau combined pairs … Continue reading
