FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (17): 384-387.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201117081

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Application of Cytotoxicology in Food Industry: A Review

LI Bing-xia,WANG You-sheng*   

  1. (Beijing Higher Institution Engineering Research Center of Food Additives and Ingredients, Beijing Key Laboratory of Food Flavor Chemistry, School of Food and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China)
  • Published:2011-08-30

Abstract: Cytotoxicology has been used to study the actions and mechanisms of exogenous substances on the damage of living cells. It can be applied to assess food safety, study the mechanisms of toxicity, detect hazardous substances in food processing and examine functional food ingredients. Currently, cytotoxicologic methods such as MTT colorimetric assay, DNA synthesis assay, comet electrophoresis, Western blot method, flow cytometry assay, NRU staining, immunocytochemical staining are being applied in food industry.

Key words: cytotoxicology, food industry, methods

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