A 90-day toxicology study of transgenic lysine-rich maize grain (Y642) in Sprague-Dawley rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 425-432

  He, Xiao Yun ^a   Tang, Mao Zhi ^a,b   Luo, Yun Bo ^a,c   Li, Xin ^a   Cao, Si Shuo ^a   Yu, Jing Juan ^a   Delaney, Bryan ^d   Huang, Kun Lun ^a,c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China Certification and Accreditation Institute   (China)

^c Inspection and Testing Center of Genetically Modified Organisms   (China)

^d A DuPont Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding study; Lysine rich Maize; Nutrition; Rats; Safety; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

LYSINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; GRAIN; MAIZE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSGENIC CROP; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; EATING; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; LONGEVITY; LYSINE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TOXICITY TESTS; VEGETABLE PROTEINS; ZEA MAYS;

RATTUS; RODENTIA; SOLANUM BERTHAULTII; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 58149512043     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.11.032     Document Type: Article

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