Safety evaluation of arachidonic acid rich Mortierella alpina biomass in albino rats-A subchronic study

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 186-194

  Nisha, A ^a   Muthukumar, S P ^a   Venkateswaran, G ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Histopathology; Infant formula; Mortierella alpina; Safety studies

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; FUNGAL BIOMASS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MORTIERELLA ALPINA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN WEIGHT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOMASS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; EATING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MORTIERELLA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGAN SIZE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BIOMASS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; FEMALE; MALE; MORTIERELLA; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC;

MORTIERELLA ALPINA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 62549139610     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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