Twenty-eight-day repeated-dose oral toxicity study of water-miscible coenzyme Q10 preparation (Q10EP40) in rats

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 346-356

  Tanaka, Hozumi ^a,b   Nagata, Kumiko ^b   Oda, Shigeto ^c   Edamoto, Hiroshi ^c   Kitano, Mitsuaki ^a   Oya, Kozo ^a   Hosoe, Kazunori ^a  

^a KANEKA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Research Center Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coenzyme Q10; Emulsified preparation; Oral toxicity study; Rat; Water miscible

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; DEXTRIN; FATTY ACID ESTER; GLYCEROL; HEMOGLOBIN; PROTEIN; SODIUM CARBONATE; UBIDECARENONE; WATER;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMULSION; FEMALE; MALE; MISCIBILITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SAFETY; TOXICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 21144443503     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.51.346     Document Type: Article

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