Tissue cultured mountain ginseng adventitious roots ™: Safety and toxicity evaluation

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 372-383

  Sivakumar, G ^a,b   Yu, K W ^b,c   Lee, J S ^d   Kang, J K ^d   Lee, H L ^e   Kim, W J ^e   Paek, K Y ^b,c  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c CBN Biotech Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^d Biotoxtech Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^e Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MUTAGENESIS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; TOXICITY;

CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATION; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENICITY; PANAX GINSENG;

TISSUE CULTURE;

GINSENG EXTRACT;

BIOREACTORS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MUTAGENESIS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; TISSUE CULTURE; TOXICITY;

BIOREACTOR; SAFETY; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MORTALITY; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLANT TISSUE CULTURE; POWDER; RAT; REVERTANT; TOXICITY TESTING; URINALYSIS;

PANAX GINSENG;

EID: 33748930650     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200520139     Document Type: Article

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