Subchronic oral toxicity of ubiquinol in rats and dogs

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-215

  Kitano, Mitsuaki ^a   Watanabe, Dai ^b   Oda, Shigehito ^b   Kubo, Hiroshi ^a   Kishida, Hideyuki ^a   Fujii, Kenji ^a   Kitahara, Mikio ^a   Hosoe, Kazunori ^a  

^a KANEKA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b BoZo Research Center Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coenzyme Q10; No Observed Adverse Effect Level; Safety; Toxicity; Ubiquinol; Ubiquinone

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; UBIDECARENONE; UBIQUINOL; UBIQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CELL VACUOLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DEATH; DOG; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LIVER GRANULOMA; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MORTALITY; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN; URINALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOGS; EATING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; UBIQUINONE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 42149196027     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: 1092874X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10915810801978060     Document Type: Article

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