Abstract:
Packed fruit juices are commonly consumed on daily basis around the globe which usually contain sodium benzoate as a food preservative to enhance their shelf life and its amount may vary from defined food standards among brands. This mammalian model-based research was designed to investigate the impact of locally packed fruit juices' regular intake on consumers. For this purpose, albino mice (Mus musculus) were acclimatized in the laboratory environment for ten days and then categorized into control and two experimental groups. The selected local brands were Murree brewery lemon malt and Shezan mango juice and on their bottles and tetrapacks, it was already mentioned that they contain sodium benzoate as a preservative. For further confirmation, the titration method was used to detect the presence of sodium benzoate in selected locally packed juice samples. After dose preparation and optimization, 0.1 ml of the prepared dose was given to each experimental group I (treated with lemon malt) and II (treated with mango juice), whereas the control group was treated with the equivalent amount of distilled water. The obtained histopathological results emphasized that regular intake of sodium benzoate having fruit juices may cause severe damage to hepatic and renal tissues, usually in the form of necrosis, vascular congestion sometimes dilation and other cellular alterations i.e., in glomeruli and bile duct. Moreover, it may result in the onset of tumorogenesis. The conclusion of this study is local food authorities should ensure the addition of a defined amount of sodium benzoate as a juice preservative in locally packed juices to provide healthy products to consumers.
Page(s):
31-37
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: B. Life and Environmental Sciences, Volume: 59, Issue: 3, Year: 2022
Keywords:
Necrosis
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Sodium benzoate
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food preservative
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tumorogenesis
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Fruit Juices