The food additive EDTA aggravates colitis and colon carcinogenesis in mouse models

Abstract Inflammatory bowel disease is a group of conditions with rising incidence caused by genetic and environmental factors including diet. The chelator ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA) is widely used by the food and pharmaceutical industry among numerous other applications, leading to a consid...

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Main Authors: Rayko Evstatiev, Adam Cervenka, Tina Austerlitz, Gunther Deim, Maximilian Baumgartner, Andrea Beer, Anita Krnjic, Christina Gmainer, Michaela Lang, Adrian Frick, Helga Schachner, Vineeta Khare, Christoph Gasche
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84571-5