Acute and subchronic toxicity studies on Sel-Plex®, a standardized, registered high-selenium yeast

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 465-476

  Griffiths, James C ^a   Matulka, Ray A ^a   Power, Ronan ^b  

^a Burdock Group   (United States)

^b ALLTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute Toxicity; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Selenium; Subchronic Toxicity; Yeast

Indexed keywords

SEL PLEX; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; LD 50; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; RAT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; STANDARD; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOGS; FEMALE; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIVER; MALE; MICE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SELENIUM; SODIUM SELENITE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33845363836     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: 1092874X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10915810600959626     Document Type: Article

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