Concentrations of p-synephrine in fruits and leaves of Citrus species (Rutaceae) and the acute toxicity testing of Citrus aurantium extract and p-synephrine

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2770-2775

  Arbo, M D ^a   Larentis, E R ^a   Linck, V M ^a   Aboy, A L ^a   Pimentel, A L ^a   Henriques, A T ^a   Dallegrave, E ^b   Garcia, S C ^c   Leal, M B ^a   Limberger, R P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao Estadual de Producao   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Citrus; Rutaceae; Synephrine

Indexed keywords

4 SYNEPHRINE; CITRUS FRUIT EXTRACT; OXEDRINE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CITRUS DELICIOSA; CITRUS FRUIT; CITRUS LIMONIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE; DYSPNEA; EXOPHTHALMOS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REFLEX; RUTACEAE; SALIVATION; SOUR ORANGE; SWEET ORANGE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAZIL; CALIBRATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CITRUS; FRUIT; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLANT LEAVES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SYNEPHRINE;

CITRUS; CITRUS AURANTIUM; CITRUS DELICIOSA; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS SINENSIS; MUS; RUTACEAE;

EID: 47149099720     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.04.037     Document Type: Article

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