Evaluation of the toxicity of mastic gum with 13 weeks dietary administration to F344 rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 494-501

  Kang, Jin Seok ^a   Wanibuchi, Hideki ^a   Salim, Elsayed I ^a   Kinoshita, Anna ^a   Fukushima, Shoji ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

F344 rats; Mastic gum; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL; FOOD ADDITIVE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MASTIC GUM; PLASMA PROTEIN; RESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; RAT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOOD ADDITIVES; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PISTACIA; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RESINS, PLANT; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 33846570019     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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