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cyclamate

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cyclamate /cy·cla·mate/ (si´klah-māt) any salt of cyclamic acid; the sodium and calcium salts have been widely used as non-nutritive sugar substitutes.
cy·cla·mate (skl-mt, skl-)
n.
A salt or ester of cyclamic acid formerly used as a sweetening agent, especially calcium cyclamate or sodium cyclamate.
cyclamate
[sī′kləmāt]
an artificial nonnutritive sweetener formerly used in the form of calcium or sodium salt.
cyclamate [si´klah-māt]
a non-nutritive sweetener; nonprescription use of this substance in the United States was banned when animal testing showed that it may be carcinogenic.
cyclamate (sī´klmāt´),
n a noncaloric artificial sweetening agent used in conjunction with saccharin; presently banned by the FDA because of its carcinogenic potential.
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Noon, with little time for lunch, he runs out to a nearby fast-food cafeteria (artificial restaurant) and wolfs down a hamburger and soda (contents: calcium cyclamate, phosphoric acid, saccharin and artificial flavorings).
`Getting real' harder to do these days by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
They tested the water samples using their new analytical method and detected four (acesulfame, saccharin, cyclamate, and sucralose) of seven artificial sweeteners in the waters from the two German sewage treatment plants, indicating incomplete elimination during waste water treatment.
Artificial sweeteners detected in German waste water by Asian News International
Cyclamate was banned by the FDA due to tests on rats indicating a possibly carcinogenic effect, but no more positive than those on aspartame.
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