Lack of carcinogenicity of gardenia blue colour given chronically in the diet to F344 rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 313-318

  Imazawa, T ^a   Nishikawa, A ^a   Furukawa, F ^a   Kasahara, K ^a   Ikeda, T ^a,b   Takahashi, M ^a   Hirose, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b SHOWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinogenicity; F344 rats; Gardenia blue colour

Indexed keywords

FOOD DYE; GARDENIA JASMINOIDES EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEST MEAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GLUCOSIDES; IRIDOIDS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PYRANS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA; GARDENIA; GARDENIA ANGUSTA;

EID: 0034061631     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(99)00166-0     Document Type: Article

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