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What are the effects of chemicals in food and drinks have on cellular…
What are the effects of chemicals in food and drinks have on cellular processes?
Chemicals in food
Sodium Nitrite
Sodium Nitrite reduces the transmission of oxygen through causing the formation of methaemoglobin.
Sodium Nitrate has a significant effect on human gastric adenocarcinoma epithelial cells. At low concentrations, sodium nitrite increases cell proliferation and at high concentrations, it drastically decreases cell proliferation
BPA
Bisphenol A
BPA is known as an endocrine disruptor as it binds to estrogen receptors and changes processes including cell growth, cell repair, fetal development and reproduction.
Potassium Bromate
Propyl Paraben
Propyl Paraben alters gene expression.
BHA
Butylated hydroxyanisole
BHA is an endocrine disruptor
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BHT
Butylated hydroxytoluene
BHT is considered a genotoxic and an endocrine disruptor as it disrupts the body's ability to execute cellular processes.
Titanium Dioxide
TBHQ
Tert-butylhydroquinone
TBHQ has been found to harm the immune system in animals and in vitro testing.
Iron
Iron is used to form haemoglobin which is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.
Chemicals in drinks
Caffeine
Caffeine affects the cell cycle, in terms of the programmed cell death and key proteins such as the tumour suppressing protein.
Cellular Processes
Cell Metabolism
Cell growth
Cell division
Cellular respiration