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A Review on the toxicology and dietetic role of bacterial cellulose

Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a biopolymer synthesized by certain acetic acid bacteria strains. The safety of BC regarding its potential use in food applications is here reviewed. The acute, sub-acute and subchronic oral toxicity assays showed that consumption of BC had no adverse effects in rats. Sev...

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Autores principales: Dourado, Fernando, Gama, Miguel, Rodrigues, Ana Cristina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5655389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29090119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2017.09.005