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An Experimental Study to Evaluate any Possible Interaction of Lac Dye with the Hepatic Tissue


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1 Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, 110, Chittaranjan Avenue, Calcutta - 700 073, India
     

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Lac dye or Laccaic acid is a brilliantly red coloured dye obtained during the steps of commercial shellac preparation from crude lac. Lac itself is a hardened secretion of a tiny insect called Laccifer lacca or Coccus lacca, popularly known as lac insect.
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Ajanta Ghosh
Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, 110, Chittaranjan Avenue, Calcutta - 700 073, India
Indira Chakravarty
Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, 110, Chittaranjan Avenue, Calcutta - 700 073, India

Abstract


Lac dye or Laccaic acid is a brilliantly red coloured dye obtained during the steps of commercial shellac preparation from crude lac. Lac itself is a hardened secretion of a tiny insect called Laccifer lacca or Coccus lacca, popularly known as lac insect.