title: Monosodium glutamate is not likely to be genotoxic.
abstract: The International Glutamate Technical Committee (IGTC) wishes to comment on a recent publication in the Journal entitled "Genotoxicity of monosodium glutamate" (authored by Ataseven N, Yüzbaşıoğlu D, Keskin AÇ and Ünal F) (Ataseven et al. 2016). In particular, we wish to highlight that, in our considered view, the results of this study were inappropriately discussed and that references were selectively used.
authors.affiliation: International Glutamate Technical Committee (IGTC), 142, Ave. J. Bordet, 1140, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: michael.rogers@skynet.be.
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Rogers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D006801:Humans; D015162:Micronucleus Tests; D009153:Mutagens / Q000633:toxicity; D012970:Sodium Glutamate / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D009153:Mutagens; D012970:Sodium Glutamate
keywords: Genotoxicity; Monosodium glutamate; Safety