Safety assessment of coenzyme Q10 (Kaneka Q10) in healthy subjects: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 212-218

  Ikematsu, Hideyuki ^a   Nakamura, Kenjiro ^b   Harashima, Shin ichi ^a   Fujii, Kenji ^b   Fukutomi, Naoki ^b  

^a Hara Doi Hospital   (Japan)

^b KANEKA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Coenzyme Q10; Safety; Semi acute toxicity; Toxicity; Ubiquinone

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; UBIDECARENONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHALAZION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDEMA; ENTEROCOLITIS; EROSIVE GASTRITIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GINGIVA PAIN; HEADACHE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; LOOSE FECES; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SNIFFING; SORE THROAT; STOMACH PAIN; STOMATITIS; URINALYSIS; URTICARIA; VOMITING;

ADULT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COENZYMES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 33645854921     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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