A two generation reproductive toxicity study with curcumin, turmeric yellow, in Wistar rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-69

  Ganiger, S ^a   Malleshappa, H N ^a   Krishnappa, H ^a   Rajashekhar, Geetha ^a   Ramakrishna Rao, V ^b   Sullivan, Frank ^b  

^a Advinus Therapeutics Private Limited Bangalore   (India)

^b Spices Research Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Curcumin; Generation; NOAEL; Reproductive toxicity; Turmeric

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; FOOD ADDITIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGENY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; COLORING AGENTS; CURCUMIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; CURCUMA LONGA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33751346603     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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