A 35-day gavage safety assessment of ginger in rats

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 118-123

  Rong, Xianglu ^a   Peng, Gang ^c   Suzuki, Takuya ^d   Yang, Qinglin ^e   Yamahara, Johji ^b   Li, Yuhao ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b Pharmafood Institute   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Koei Kogyo Co   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ginger; Rat; Safety; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

GINGER EXTRACT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTIS WEIGHT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GINGER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POWDERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 67349189944     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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