Abstract:Background: Tartrazine is the most widely employed dye in food stuffs, medicines as well as cosmetics.Objective: This study aimed to assess oral sub-chronic toxicity of tartrazine on the body weight, heart and brain of adult male albino rats using biochemical and histological studies and to evaluate the potential protection function of vitamin E.
Methodology:This controlled clinical trial study included 24 rats. They were randomly processed into four groups: control, vitamin E (100mg/kg/day), tartrazine (300 m… Show more
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