Safety evaluation of pigment containing Aspergillus carbonarius biomass in albino rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 431-439

  Sanjay, K R ^a   Kumaresan, N ^a   Akhilender Naidu, K ^a   Viswanatha, S ^a   Narasimhamurthy, K ^a   Umesh Kumar, S ^a   Vijayalakshmi, G ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillus carbonarius; Food colorant; Pigment

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; PIGMENT; POLYGALACTURONASE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL STRAIN; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SAFETY; SOLID STATE FERMENTATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS; BIOMASS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; EATING; FEMALE; MALE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; FUNGI; RATTUS;

EID: 33846627363     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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