Ackee (Blighia sapida) hypoglycin A toxicity: Dose response assessment in laboratory rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-213

  Blake, Orane A ^a,d   Bennink, Maurice R ^b   Jackson, Jose C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ackee; Acute toxic dose; Dose response assessment; Hypoglycin A; Maximum tolerated dose (MTD)

Indexed keywords

HYPOGLYCINE A;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BLIGHIA; BLIGHIA SAPIDA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; BLIGHIA; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEMORRHAGE; HYPOGLYCINS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; BLIGHIA; BLIGHIA SAPIDA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 28844440839     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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