90-Day repeated-dose toxicity study of licorice flavonoid oil (LFO) in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2349-2357

  Nakagawa, K ^a   Kitano, M ^b   Kishida, H ^b   Hidaka, T ^a   Nabae, K ^c   Kawabe, M ^c   Hosoe, K ^b  

^a KANEKA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b Frontier Biochemical and Medical Research Laboratories   (Japan)

^c Daiyukai Research Institute for Medical Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glycyrrhiza glabra; Licorice flavonoid oil; NOAEL; Rat; Subchronic toxicity

Indexed keywords

CORN OIL; FLAVONOID; GLABRIDIN; KANEKA GLAVONOID; MEDIUM CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL; POLYPHENOL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; HYDROPHOBICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; GLYCYRRHIZA; MALE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PLANT OILS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; SEX FACTORS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; RATTUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 46549088024     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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