Ninety-day dietary toxicity study of mulberry leaf extract in rats

Journal of the Food Hygienic Society of Japan

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 191-197

  Miyazawa, Maki ^a   Miyahara, Chieko ^a   Satoh, Shuji ^a   Sakai, Anri ^b  

^a KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Toyotama Koryo Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

90 90 day dietary toxicity study; Morus alba L.; Mulberry leaf extract; Rat

Indexed keywords

MULBERRY LEAF EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD TOXICITY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; MULBERRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS ALBA;

EID: 0141849186     PISSN: 00156426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3358/shokueishi.44.191     Document Type: Article

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