• Amaranth, FD&C Red No. 2, E123, C.I. Food Red 9, Acid Red 27, Azorubin S, or C.I. 16185 is a modified red azo dye used as a food dye and to color cosmetics. (wikipedia.org)
  • In today's article, I would like to talk about the food additive called amaranth, which is used as a colorant. (foodinfoblog.com)
  • As a food additive it has E number E123. (wikipedia.org)
  • Since 1976, amaranth dye has been banned in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a suspected carcinogen. (wikipedia.org)
  • Amaranth, namely E123, gives red color to the product it is used in. (foodinfoblog.com)
  • The name was taken from amaranth grain, a plant distinguished by its red color and edible protein-rich seeds. (wikipedia.org)
  • The assay was positive in the colon 3 h after the administration of amaranth and allura red and weakly positive in the lung 6 h after the administration of amaranth. (lookformedical.com)
  • We then tested male mice with amaranth, allura red, and a related color additive, new coccine (food red No. 18). (lookformedical.com)
  • The name was taken from amaranth grain, a plant distinguished by its red color and edible protein-rich seeds. (wikipedia.org)
  • Solution structure of the main alpha-amylase inhibitor from amaranth seeds. (lookformedical.com)
  • The most abundant alpha-amylase inhibitor (AAI) present in the seeds of Amaranthus hypochondriacus, a variety of the Mexican crop plant amaranth, is the smallest polypeptide (32 residues) known to inhibit alpha-amylase activity of insect larvae while leaving that of mammals unaffected. (lookformedical.com)
  • In solution, 1H NMR reveals that AAI isolated from amaranth seeds adopts a major trans (70%) and minor cis (30%) conformation, resulting from slow cis-trans isomerization of the Val15-Pro16 peptide bond. (lookformedical.com)