Safety evaluation of lipase derived from Rhizopus oryzae: Summary of toxicological data

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 315-322

  Coenen, T M M ^a   Aughton, P ^b   Verhagen, H ^c  

^a Gist Brocades NV   (Netherlands)

^b HUNTINGDON LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; MALE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RHIZOPUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; DRUG EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIPASE; MALE; MICE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; RATS; RHIZOPUS; SAFETY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 0030969464     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(97)00006-9     Document Type: Article

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