Safety evaluation of a lactase enzyme preparation derived from Kluyveromyces lactis

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 671-677

  Coenen, T M M ^a   Bertens, A M C ^b   De Hoog, S C M ^b   Verspeek Rip, C M ^b  

^a DSM RESOLVE   (Netherlands)

^b Notox BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Kluyveromyces lactis; Lactase; Safety; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

LACTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY INDUSTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD SAFETY; KLUYVEROMYCES; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; KLUYVEROMYCES; LACTASE; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS;

EID: 0033949213     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(00)00053-3     Document Type: Article

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