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Review Papers | Health Sciences | India | Volume 12 Issue 7, July 2023
A Comprehensive Review on the Health Safety of Aspartame
Vivian Raj .A | S. Dhinesh Kumar [2]
Abstract: Aspartame being a non - nutritive sweetener is one of the most commonly used artificial sweeteners. Even Though studies show that it induces oxidative stress in human beings and causes decreased levels of dopamine and serotonin in the brain and hyperexcitability of neurons. It is also said to cause damage to amino acids, proteins, DNA and lipids. Moreover, systematic study held by a research team have identified aspartame increases the risk of overall cancer by 1.3% in nearly more than 100000 french adults. It has also shown development of malignant tumor and lesion in the rats and mice in the experiments done in previous years.
Keywords: Artificial sweeteners (AS), Aspartame, Cancer, Tumor, Reactive oxygen species (ROS), Saccharin
Edition: Volume 12 Issue 7, July 2023,
Pages: 1869 - 1871