Subchronic (13-week) oral toxicity study, preceded by an in utero exposure phase, with arachidonate-enriched triglyceride oil (SUNTGA40S) in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 326-335

  Lina, B A R ^a   Wolterbeek, A P M ^a   Suwa, Y ^b   Fujikawa, S ^b   Ishikura, Y ^b   Tsuda, S ^b   Dohnalek, M ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Docosahexaenoic acid; Rat; Reproductive indices; Safety; Sub chronic toxicity; SUNTGA40S

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CORN OIL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FAT; FISH OIL; HEMOGLOBIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOCRIT; LACTATION; LIPID DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; MATING; MOUTH DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETICULOCYTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPLEEN WEIGHT; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; LIPIDS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 28844477192     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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