Safety evaluation of amino peptidase enzyme preparation derived from Aspergillus niger

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 781-789

  Coenen, T M M ^a   Aughton, P ^b  

^a Gist Brocades NV   (Netherlands)

^b HUNTINGDON LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino peptidase; Aspergillus niger; Safety; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE;

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

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMINOPEPTIDASES; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; MALE; MUTAGENS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; QUALITY CONTROL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 0031713808     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(98)00041-6     Document Type: Article

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