Evaluation of the safety and nutritional equivalence of a genetically modified cottonseed meal in a 90-day dietary toxicity study in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1994-2004

  Dryzga, M D ^a   Yano, B L ^a   Andrus, A K ^a   Mattsson, J L ^b  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

B.t. Gene; Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.); Rats; Subchronic toxicity; Transgenic; WIDESTRIKE

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ORGAN WEIGHT; PHYTOTOXICITY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RAT; STANDARD; URINALYSIS;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; COTTONSEED OIL; DIET; DRINKING; EATING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN DENATURATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; MICROPUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34547726699     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.04.017     Document Type: Article

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