| Research area: Methanol, Formaldehyde and Formic Acid |
| Metabolism of aspartame and its L-phenylalanine methyl ester
decomposition product by the porcine gut. |
Burgert SL, Andersen DW, Stegink LD, Takeuchi H, Schedl HP. |
Metabolism. 1991 Jun;40(6):612-8. |
| Cytotoxic effects of methanol, formaldehyde, and formate on dissociated
rat thymocytes: a possibility of aspartame toxicity. |
Oyama Y, Sakai H, Arata T, Okano Y, Akaike N, Sakai K, Noda K. |
Cell Biol Toxicol. 2002;18(1):43-50. |
| Comparative metabolism of aspartame in experimental animals and humans. |
Ranney RE, Oppermann JA, Muldoon E, McMahon FG. |
J Toxicol Environ Health. 1976 Nov;2(2):441-51. |
| Blood methanol concentrations in normal adult subjects administered abuse doses of aspartame. |
Stegink LD, Brummel MC, McMartin K, Martin-Amat G, Filer LJ Jr, Baker GL, Tephly TR. |
J Toxicol Environ Health. 1981 Feb;7(2):281-90. |
| Blood methanol concentrations in one-year-old infants administered graded doses of aspartame. |
Stegink LD, Brummel MC, Filer LJ Jr, Baker GL. |
J Nutr. 1983 Aug;113(8):1600-6. |
| Effect of repeated ingestion of aspartame-sweetened beverage on plasma amino acid, blood
methanol, and blood formate concentrations in normal adults. |
Stegink LD, Filer LJ Jr, Bell EF, Ziegler EE, Tephly TR. |
Metabolism. 1989 Apr;38(4):357-63. |
| Comments on the purported generation of formaldehyde and
adduct formation from the sweetener aspartame. |
Tephly TR. |
Life Sci. 1999;65(13):PL157-60. |
