African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12495

Review

Toxicological and safety assessment of tartrazine as a synthetic food additive on health biomarkers: A review

Kamal A. Amin
  • Kamal A. Amin
  • Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P. O. Box 1982, City Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia.
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Fawzia S. Al-Shehri
  • Fawzia S. Al-Shehri
  • Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P. O. Box 1982, City Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia.
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  •  Received: 25 October 2017
  •  Accepted: 15 January 2018
  •  Published: 07 February 2018

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