date:Jan 14, 2013
tended contact with the mucous membranes of the tongue.
For the study, the researchers exposed ex vivo pig tongues to human saliva containing 15,000 ng/cm2 of each color for 20 minutes. After 24 hours, they found 34 ng/cm2 of Brilliant Blue and 86 ng/cm2 of Patent Blue can be directly absorbed into the blood system.
In 2010, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) re-evaluated the safety of Brilliant Blue and revised the acceptable daily intake (ADI) to 10 mg/kg bw/day. The ADI for Patent Bl