Safety assessment of sandalwood oil (Santalum album L.)

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 421-432

  Burdock, George A ^a   Carabin, Ioana G ^b  

^a Burdock Group   (United States)

^b Women in Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Burdock; Food additive; GRAS; Sandalwood; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BETA SANTALOL; DETERGENT; FLAVORING AGENT; HENTRIACONTANOL; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; OIL; PERFUME; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SANTALOL; SANTALUM ALBUM OIL; SOAP; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CREAM; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GENOTOXICITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LAW; LOTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SANDALWOOD; SENSITIZATION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN IRRITATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOOD;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; COSMETICS; FOOD ADDITIVES; HUMANS; PLANT OILS; SESQUITERPENES;

ANIMALIA; ARCTIUM; SANTALUM; SANTALUM ALBUM;

EID: 37349013544     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.09.092     Document Type: Review

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