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A rainbow palate : how chemical dyes changed the West's relationship with food
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ISBN: 9780226727059 022672705X Year: 2020 Publisher: Chicago The University of Chicago Press

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"Aniline and azo dyes were the first of many novel substances that chemists began to synthesize on an industrial-scale from coal-tar, a waste product of the gas industry. The new dyes, originally intended for textiles, were soon added to food, becoming one of the first laboratory-created, industrially manufactured chemicals to be used in our daily life in unexpected ways. By the time the risks and uncertainties surrounding the synthesized chemicals began to surface, the dyes were being used everywhere from clothes and furnishings to cookware and food. A Rainbow Palate examines how chemists in Europe and the US maneuvered themselves to become instrumental players in new regimes of food production, regulation, and quality testing. As increasing industrialization, international trade, and competition led to mounting concerns about food adulteration, manufacturers and retailers, politicians and the public all invoked chemists to represent their interests. As Carolyn Cobbold reveals, the widespread use of new chemical substances and techniques influenced perceptions and understanding of food, science, and technology as well as trust in science and scientists. Because the new dyes were among the earliest contested chemical additives in food, the battles surrounding their use offer striking insights and parallels into today's international struggles surrounding chemical, food, and trade regulation"--


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Evaluation toxicologique de divers colorants alimentaires, emulsifiants, stabilisants, agents antiagglutinants et autres substances
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Year: 1970 Volume: 445 Publisher: [S.l.] : [s.n.],

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Le risque de sensibilisation aux colorants alimentaires et pharmaceutiques
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ISBN: 2225481695 9782225481697 Year: 1978 Publisher: Paris : Masson,

Handbook of US colorants for food, drugs, and cosmetics.
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ISBN: 0471046841 Year: 1979 Publisher: New York (N.Y.) Wiley

Nutricines : food components in health and nutrition
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ISBN: 1897676905 9781897676905 Year: 1999 Publisher: Nottingham : Nottingham University Press,


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Food in Canada.
ISSN: 19296444 Year: 1986 Publisher: Toronto, Ont., Canada : #3 <2011-> ; Toronto, Ont., Canada : Maclean-Hunter, Rogers Publishing Limited


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Anthocyanins : biosynthesis, functions, and applications
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ISBN: 0387773347 9786611954130 1281954136 0387773355 1489989552 Year: 2009 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,

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In recent years, knowledge of anthocyanin pigments has undergone unprecedented expansion. Indeed, the molecular genetic control of anthocyanin biosynthesis is now one of the best understood of all secondary metabolic pathways. Advances in analytical technology have led to the discovery of many novel anthocyanin compounds, dramatically enriching the palette used by plant breeders to introduce vibrant new colors into horticultural crops. The food industry, too, has benefited from this research; methods for stabilizing the colors of anthocyanins extracted from cell cultures have been optimized, opening the way for their use as natural food colorings. Recent scientific research has also focused on the possible benefits to human health from the ingestion of anthocyanin-rich foods. Anthocyanins are remarkably potent antioxidants. These pigments, especially in conjunction with other flavonoids, have been associated with reductions in the incidence and severity of many other non-infectious diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and certain cancers. Finally, there has been significant progress in our understanding of the benefits of anthocyanins to plants themselves. Originally considered an extravagance without a purpose, anthocyanins are now implicated in multifarious vital functions. These include the attraction of pollinators and frugivores, defense from herbivores, and protection from environmental stressors. Anthocyanins are highly versatile and enormously useful to plants. This book covers the biosynthesis and function of anthocyanins (and the related proanthocyanidins) in plants, and their applications in agriculture, food products, and human health. The book addresses wide-ranging issues that include human nutrition, the pastoral sector, cell culture production systems, food colorants, flower and fruit color, plant biotic interactions, and the responses of plants to environmental stress. Kevin Gould is an Associate Professor in Biological Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, where he teaches plant development and physiological plant ecology. He has a long-standing research interest in the functional significance of anthocyanins in leaves, stems and roots. Chris Winefield is a Senior Lecturer in Plant Biotechnology and Biochemistry at Lincoln University, New Zealand, where he teaches plant biochemistry and biotechnology applications in modern plant biology. He has a long-standing research interest in the metabolism and molecular biology of plant secondary metabolites, especially the production of anthocyanins in ornamental flower crops. Latterly he has begun work characterizing metabolic pathways responsible for the formation of flavor and aroma compounds in wine grape. Kevin Davies leads the Plant Pigments Team of Crop & Food Research, Palmerston North, New Zealand. His group studies the molecular genetics of pigment biosynthesis in ornamentals, fruit and vegetables. A particular interest is the transcriptional regulation of flavonoid biosynthesis.

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Anthocyanins. --- Coloring Agents --- Protective Agents --- Pigments, Biological --- Food Additives --- Glycosides --- Flavonoids --- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action --- Carbohydrates --- Chromones --- Biological Factors --- Specialty Uses of Chemicals --- Physiological Effects of Drugs --- Pharmacologic Actions --- Benzopyrans --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Chemical Actions and Uses --- Pyrans --- Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring --- Heterocyclic Compounds --- Anthocyanins --- Antioxidants --- Food Coloring Agents --- Botany --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Plant Physiology --- Flavonoids. --- Anthocyanin --- Life sciences. --- Food --- Nutrition. --- Plant biochemistry. --- Plant science. --- Botany. --- Life Sciences. --- Plant Sciences. --- Plant Biochemistry. --- Food Science. --- Biotechnology. --- Plant pigments --- Glucosides --- Biochemistry. --- Food science. --- Science --- Alimentation --- Nutrition --- Health --- Physiology --- Diet --- Dietetics --- Digestion --- Food habits --- Malnutrition --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Biology --- Chemistry --- Medical sciences --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Natural history --- Plants --- Health aspects --- Composition --- Nutrition   . --- Food—Biotechnology. --- Phytochemistry --- Plant biochemistry --- Plant chemistry --- Biochemistry --- Phytochemicals --- Plant biochemical genetics --- Floristic botany

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