A 13-week subchronic toxicity study of paprika color in F344 rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1337-1343

  Kanki, Keita ^a   Nishikawa, Akiyoshi ^a   Furukawa, Fumio ^a   Kitamura, Yasuki ^a   Imazawa, Takayoshi ^a   Umemura, Takashi ^a   Hirose, Masao ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

F344 rats; Food additive; Paprika color; Subchronic toxicity study

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM ANNUUM EXTRACT; CHOLESTEROL; FOOD DYE; PAPRIKA OLEORESIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL VACUOLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEPPER; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPICE; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGEN TESTING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; FISCHER 344 RAT; GROWTH; ORGAN SIZE;

ANIMALIA; CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CAPSICUM; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; GROWTH; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0141655188     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(03)00136-4     Document Type: Article

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