The in vitro genotoxicity of benzoic acid in human peripheral blood lymphocytes
- 30 July 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cytotechnology
- Vol. 60 (1-3) , 55-61
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10616-009-9214-z
Abstract
The chromosomal aberration (CA), sister chromatid exchange (SCE) and micronucleus test (MN) were employed to investigate the in vitro effect of antimicrobial food additive benzoic acid on human chromosomes. Lymphocytes were incubated with various concentrations (50, 100, 200 and 500 μg/mL) of benzoic acid. The results of used assays showed that benzoic acid significantly increased the chromosomal aberration, sister chromatid exchange and micronucleus frequency (200 and 500 μg/mL) without changing the pH of the medium in a dose-dependent manner. Also this additive significantly decreased the mitotic index (MI) at the highest concentration for 24 h and 100, 200 and 500 μg/mL for 48 h. This decrease was dose-dependent as well. However, it did not effect the replication (RI) and nuclear division (NDI) indices.Keywords
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