Results of a 13-week safety assurance study with rats fed grain from corn rootworm-protected, glyphosate-tolerant MON 88017 corn

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2517-2524

  Healy, C ^a   Hammond, B ^a   Kirkpatrick, J ^b  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b WIL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn: genetically modified; Corn: rootworm protected; Rat feeding study

Indexed keywords

CRY3BB1 PROTEIN; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; CORN ROOTWORM; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING; FOOD SAFETY; GENOME; GRAIN; HERBICIDE TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RHIZOBIUM; WORM;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URINE; ZEA MAYS;

AGROBACTERIUM SP.; ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; RATTUS; RODENTIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 44749091650     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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