90-Day oral (gavage) study in rats with galactooligosaccharides syrup

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 819-826

  Anthony, Joshua C ^a   Merriman, Todd N ^b   Heimbach, James T ^c  

^a Mead Johnson Nutritionals   (United States)

^b CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c JHeimbach LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Galactooligosaccharides; GOS; Oligosaccharides; Prebiotics; Subchronic; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REVERSE OSMOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; DIGESTION; EATING; FEMALE; GALACTOSE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; MALE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; ORGAN SIZE; OSMOSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPLEEN; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646203470     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2005.10.012     Document Type: Article

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