Subchronic toxicity of rebaudioside A

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Curry, Leslie L ^a   Roberts, Ashley ^b  

^a CARGILL INC   (United States)

^b Cantox Health Sciences International   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oral; Rebaudioside A; Rebiana; Subchronic; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; REBAUDIOSIDE A; SWEETENING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BILE ACID METABOLISM; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC DENSITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; STEVIA; TASTE AVERSION; TESTIS; TOXICITY TESTING; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; DITERPENES, KAURANE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SWEETENING AGENTS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 45949083936     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.04.042     Document Type: Article

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