Rebaudioside A: Two-generation reproductive toxicity study in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Curry, Leslie L ^a   Roberts, Ashley ^b   Brown, Nigel ^c  

^a CARGILL INC   (United States)

^b Cantox Health Sciences International   (Canada)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 Generation; Rebaudioside A; Rebiana; Reproductive toxicity

Indexed keywords

REBAUDIOSIDE A; SWEETENING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PALATABILITY; PROGENY; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURVIVAL RATE; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; DIET; DITERPENES, KAURANE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SWEETENING AGENTS; WEIGHT GAIN;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 45949085901     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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