Acute and subchronic toxicity assessment of debitterized fenugreek powder in the mouse and rat

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 831-838

  Muralidhara, ^b   Narasimhamurthy, K ^b   Viswanatha, S ^b   Ramesh, B S ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute subchronic toxicity; Debitterized fenugreek; Rats and mice

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM EXTRACT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; LEGUME; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POWDER; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TRIGONELLA FOENUM; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM;

EID: 0032822825     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(99)00076-9     Document Type: Article

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