Safety evaluation of Nostoc flagelliforme (nostocales, cyanophyceae) as a potential food

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1073-1077

  Takenaka, H ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Y ^b   Sakaki, S ^b   Watarai, K ^b   Tanaka, N ^b   Hori, M ^b   Seki, H ^b   Tsuchida, M ^b   Yamada, A ^b   Nishimori, T ^c   Morinaga, T ^c  

^a MicroAlgae Corporation   (Japan)

^b MAC Gifu Research Institute   (Japan)

^c Environ Biol Life Sci Res C   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Human food; Nostoc flagelliforme; Subacute toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALGA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CYANOBACTERIA; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; URINALYSIS;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC FLAGELLIFORME; NOSTOCALES;

EID: 0032438283     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(98)00089-1     Document Type: Article

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