Lack of carcinogenicity of tamarind seed polysaccharide in B6C3F1 mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 463-467

  Sano, M ^a   Miyata, E ^a   Tamano, S ^a   Hagiwara, A ^a   Ito, N ^a   Shirai, T ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENICITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; TREE;

ANIMALIA; TAMARINDUS INDICA;

EID: 0029942325     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-6915(96)87356-X     Document Type: Article

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