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Influence of Irradiated Bacon Lipids on Body Growth, Incidence of Cancer, and Other Pathologic Changes in Mice a
Author(s) -
DIXON MARGARET S.,
MOYER DEAN L.,
ZELDIS LOUIS J.,
McKEE RALPH W.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1961.tb00804.x
Subject(s) - irradiation , carcinogen , incidence (geometry) , chemistry , whole body irradiation , gamma irradiation , pathology , biology , biochemistry , medicine , physics , nuclear physics , optics
SUMMARY Uncured bacon, irradiated with 5.58 megarads of gamma rays was compared with similar uncured unirradiated bacon by feeding to 757 mice. There were no major differences between the control and experimental groups. No gross or histopathological lesions attributable to irradiation of the lipid were observed. The incidence of spontaneous cancers showed no significant differences among the diet groups and indicates that irradiation of the bacon did not produce carcinogens or growth‐altering substances demonstrable under the conditions of these experiments.