Risk assessment of botanicals and botanical preparations intended for use in food and food supplements: Emerging issues

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-136

  Rietjens, Ivonne M C M ^a   Slob, Wout ^b,e   Galli, Corrado ^c   Silano, Vittorio ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Medicine of Migration National Institute for Migrant Health and Poverty   (Italy)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allylalkoxybenzenes; Botanicals; Methyleugenol; MOE approach; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ALKOXYBENZENE DERIVATIVE; ALKYLBENZENE; APIOLE; ELEMICIN; ESTRAGOLE; FOOD ADDITIVE; METHYLEUGENOL; MYRISTICIN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SAFROLE;

ARTICLE; BOTANY; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD; HUMANS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 48649110501     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2008.05.024     Document Type: Article

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