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KMID : 1161420100130030733
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Journal of Medicinal Food
2010 Volume.13 No. 3 p.733 ~ p.739
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Drinking Water with Red Beetroot Food Color Antagonizes Esophageal Carcinogenesis in N-Nitrosomethylbenzylamine-Treated Rats
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Lechner John F.
Wang Li-Shu
Rocha Claudio M.
Larue Bethany
Henry Cassandra
McIntyre Colleen M.
Riedl Kenneth M.
Schwartz Steven J.
Stoner Gary D.
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Abstract
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This study was undertaken to determine if the oral consumption of red beetroot food color would result in an inhibition of N-nitrosomethylbenzylamine (NMBA)-induced tumors in the rat esophagus. Rats were treated with NMBA and given either regular water ad libitum or water containing 78?μg/mL commercial red beetroot dye, E162. The number of NMBA-induced esophageal papillomas was reduced by 45% (P?
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KEYWORD
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red beetroot dye, esophageal carcinogenesis, rat
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