The safety of the use of ethyl oleate in food is supported by metabolism data in rats and clinical safety data in humans

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 133-148

  Bookstaff, Robert C ^a   PaiBir, Sheela ^b,d   Bharaj, Satinder S ^a   Kelm, Gary R ^a   Kulick, Roy M ^a   Balm, Timothy K ^a   Murray, John V ^c  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b 206 Carnegie Center   (United States)

^c Hill Top Research Inc   (United States)

^d ARENA PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethyl oleate; Fatty acid ethyl esters; Oleic acid

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OLEIC ACID; TRIOLEIN;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MILK; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0037299679     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-2300(02)00043-0     Document Type: Article

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