Citric in Medical News

Pfizer's work on penicillin for World War II becomes a National Historic Chemical Landmark

... it developed 20 years earlier to mass produce citric acid. citric acid is a key ingredient in foods and beverages ... or sour taste. Charles Pfizer & Co had made citric acid the traditional way since 1880: from unripe ...

Sports Drinks May Be Tough on Teeth

... drinks as a healthier alternative to soda, a new study shows that the citric acid they contain can damage teeth. The finding comes from a study ... damage and tooth loss, if not treated. "This is the first time that the citric acid in sports drinks has been linked to erosive tooth wear," study leader ...

Drink Brewed Tea to Avoid Tooth Erosion

... 20 ounces and contains 17 teaspoons of sugar. More startling is that some citric acids found in fruit drinks are more erosive than hydrochloric or sulfuric ... In addition, stay away from prepackaged iced teas because they contain citric acid and high amounts of sugars. It does not matter whether the tea is ...

Bionovo Presents Positive Results from Phase 1B Trial of Bezielle for Metastatic Breast Cancer

... with a novel mechanism of action. Bezielle targets diseased cells while leaving normal cells healthy and intact. Normal cells depend primarily on the citric acid cycle (>85%) and very little on glycolysis (<7%) for energy production. Cancer cells depend largely on glycolysis (>85%) for energy ...

Chemstar Corporation Introduces Safe and Effective Liquid Fruit and Vegetable Wash Composed Entirely of Food-Grade Ingredients

... Liquid Fruit and Vegetable Wash reflects the company's GREENSTAR Commitment(TM) to create products that are environmentally friendly. "The citric acid formulation removes wax, dirt, soil, and residues that are not removed by simply rinsing with water," said Jim Schurman, president of Chemstar. ...

Some Diet Sodas May Ward Off Kidney Stones

... Medical School, in Boston. Potassium citrate and other pills can help alleviate the problem, as can a special lemonade drink (rich in citric acid) concocted by one of Eisner's co-authors a decade or so ago. But this study extended the idea to see how much citrate was contained in 15 ...

Route to obesity passes through tongue

... implanted electrodes in the rodents' brains to record the firing of nerve cells when the rats' tongues were exposed to various tastes -- salt, citric acid, plain water and six different concentrations of sucrose. Hajnal and Kovacs specifically looked at differences in processing taste in the ...

Keep a Watchful Eye on Sugary Beverage Consumption

... teeth. Did you know that some soft drinks contain as much as 11 teaspoons of sugar per serving and that most soft drinks also contain phosphoric and citric acids? Prolonged exposure to these acids can cause erosion, the loss of hard tissue from the tooth surface. According to Dr. Bruce Terry, a ...

Academy of General Dentistry Launches Campaign to Focus on Tooth Erosion

... Repeated exposure to acidic drinks and foods permanently destroys enamel CHICAGO, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Fruit, yogurt, citric and soft drinks, may seem like harmless snacks and beverages, but improper consumption and overuse may lead to devastating and permanent damage ...

Root Beer - Safe Soft Drink

... this concern. However, diet drinks contain phosphoric acid and/or citric acid and still cause dental erosion—though considerably less than their ... concluded that non-colas cause a greater amount of erosion than colas. citric acid is the predominant acid in non-cola drinks and is a major factor in ...

Genes Play Major Role in Determining Individual's Sour Taste Perception

... identical) twins and 35 pairs of dizygotic (DZ, fraternal) twins to determine the lowest concentration needed for each twin to correctly identify a citric acid solution as 'sour.' Because MZ twins have nearly identical genes while DZ twins share only about 50 pct of their genes, more similar ...

Too Much of Acidic Foods can Cause Permanent Damage to Teeth

... Researchers have revealed that fruit, yoghurt, citric and soft drinks, may seem like harmless snacks and beverages, but improper consumption and overuse may lead to devastating and permanent damage to ...

A Glass of Orange Juice To Keep Recurrence Of Kidney Stones At Bay

... option for patients who are intolerant of potassium citrate,' Dr. Odvina said. All citrus juices contain citrate, a negatively charged form of citric acid that gives a sour taste to citrus fruits. Researchers compared orange juice and lemonade – juices with comparable citrate contents – and found ...

Pepsi company in a lawsuit(soup)!

... has been shown to cause the same problem. More than 1,500 soft drinks containing a combination of sodium benzoate and ascorbic acid or citric acid have been launched across Europe, North America and Latin America in the last four years. According to Kababick, who claimed to have ...

Sensitive cough suffered by females

... of coughs produced by the participants over the next ten seconds. The substances used were capsaicin, the hot substance in red peppers, and citric acid. The women needed far less of each 'cough challenge' - as the substances were called - to induce coughing. The difference between the genders ...