Evaluation of the developmental toxicity of annatto in the rat

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1595-1601

  Paumgartten, F J R ^a   De Carvalho, R R ^a   Araujo, I B ^b   Pinto, F M ^a   Borges, O O ^a   Souza, C A M ^a   Kuriyama, S N ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bixa orellana; Bixin; Carotenoids; Food additive; Food color; Reproductive toxicity; Teratogenicity

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNATTO; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKELETON MALFORMATION; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; BIXACEAE; CAROTENOIDS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIXA ORELLANA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0036045532     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(02)00133-3     Document Type: Article

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