Safety evaluation of chicken breast extract containing carnosine and anserine

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 480-489

  Sato, M ^a   Karasawa, N ^a   Shimizu, M ^a   Morimatsu, F ^a   Yamada, R ^a  

^a NIPPON MEAT PACKERS INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute; Anserine; Carnosine; Chicken breast extract; Mutagenicity; Subchronic

Indexed keywords

ANSERINE; CARNOSINE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AMES TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHICKEN; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HEMATOLOGY; LETHALITY; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANSERINE; CARNOSINE; CHICKENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOOD; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; POULTRY PRODUCTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SAFETY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RATTUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 37349089344     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.08.020     Document Type: Article

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