Short-term safety evaluation of processed calcium montmorillonite clay (NovaSil) in humans

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 270-279

  Wang, Jia Sheng ^a   Luo, H ^a   Billam, M ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Guan, H ^a   Tang, L ^a   Goldston, T ^b   Afriyie Gyawu, E ^c   Lovett, C ^b   Griswold, J ^b   Brattin, B ^c   Taylor, R J ^c   Huebner, H J ^c   Phillips, T D ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Clinical trial; NovaSil clay; Safety evaluation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM MONTMORILLONITE; ELECTROLYTE; MINERAL; MONTMORILLONITE; NOVASIL; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AFLATOXICOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AFLATOXINS; BENTONITE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOOD ADDITIVES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 20344371917     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030500111129     Document Type: Article

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