Thirteen-week oral toxicity study of L-glutamine in rats

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-112

  Tsubuku, Shoji ^a   Hatayama, Kazuhisa ^b   Mawatari, Kazunori ^a   Smriga, Miro ^a   Kimura, Takeshi ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^b BoZo Research Center Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

L Glutamine; NOAEL; Rat; Safety; Subchronic Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; KETONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD SAFETY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RAT; STANDARD; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TOXICITY TESTING; URINALYSIS; URINE PH;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2642541164     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10915810490435677     Document Type: Article

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