Thirteen-week oral toxicity study of branched-chain amino acids in rats

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-126

  Tsubuku, Shoji ^a   Hatayama, Kazuhisa ^b   Katsumata, Toyohisa ^b   Nishimura, Nobuo ^b   Mawatari, Kazunori ^a   Smriga, Miro ^a   Kimura, Takeshi ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^b BoZo Research Center Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branched Chain Amino Acids; L Isoleucine; L Leucine; L Valine; Rat; Subchronic Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; ISOLEUCINE; KETONE; LEUCINE; PROTEIN; UROBILINOGEN; VALINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; STANDARD; TOXICITY TESTING; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2642556591     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10915810490444424     Document Type: Article

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