Ninety-day oral toxicity study of lycopene from Blakeslea trispora in rats

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 396-406

  Jonker, D ^a   Kuper, C F ^a   Fraile, N ^b   Estrella, A ^b   Rodriguez Otero C ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Avenida de Antibioóticos 59 61   (Spain)

^c DSM RESOLVE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diet; Lycopene; NOEL; Oral; Subchronic toxicity; Wistar rat

Indexed keywords

LYCOPENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COGNITION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNGAL BIOMASS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; URINALYSIS;

BLAKESLEA TRISPORA; HELIANTHUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0037565271     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-2300(03)00013-8     Document Type: Article

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