Component
Refractive-index matching by aqueous tartrazine in optical phantoms
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1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
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What it does
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What acts on it
Dissolved tartrazine reduced optical scattering by bringing the aqueous refractive index closer to that of high-index components.
Experimental context and source evidence
- dose
- Tartrazine solution 0.6 M in representative optical phantom experiment
- duration
- Optical measurements; no oral exposure
- evidence_access
- Primary full-text methods/results and metadata.
- evidence_scope
- literature_reviewed; source-specific experimental curation
- experimental_model
- Aqueous silica scattering phantoms and ex vivo tissue experiments
- limitations
- Strong absorption alters refractive index and reduces scattering in a red spectral window; this is a physical mechanism, not receptor pharmacology or a dietary health effect.
- nutrient_topic
- Tartrazine food-colorant chapter; nutrient, drug and peptide interactions retain their models and limits. · Tartrazine
- organism
- Aqueous silica scattering phantoms and ex vivo tissue experiments
- plain_language
- Dissolved tartrazine reduced optical scattering by bringing the aqueous refractive index closer to that of high-index components.
- primary_references
- Achieving optical transparency in live animals with absorbing molecules. (2024). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39236186/ DOI: 10.1126/science.adm6869
- route
- Physical addition of dye to aqueous scattering medium
- tissue
- Optical refractive-index matching
Tartrazine: mechanisms, molecular forms and cross-actor connections (2026-09-20) · lines 435–444
Original AI-assisted curation of eighteen primary studies. Study-specific citations, negative findings and limitations retained. Not publisher full text. · supports · Aqueous silica scattering phantoms and ex vivo tissue experiments · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## tartrazine-optical-index Dissolved tartrazine reduced optical scattering by bringing the aqueous refractive index closer to that of high-index components. Model/species: Aqueous silica scattering phantoms and ex vivo tissue experiments Tissue: Optical refractive-index matching Exposure: Tartrazine solution 0.6 M in representative optical phantom experiment Route: Physical addition of dye to aqueous scattering medium Duration: Optical measurements; no oral exposure Limits: Strong absorption alters refractive index and reduces scattering in a red spectral window; this is a physical mechanism, not receptor pharmacology or a dietary health effect. Primary reference: Achieving optical transparency in live animals with absorbing molecules. (2024). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39236186/ DOI: 10.1126/science.adm6869 Access: Primary full-text methods/results and metadata.
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