Safety evaluation of 1,4-α-glucan branching enzymes from Bacillus stearothermophilus and Aquifex aeolicus expressed in Bacillus subtilis

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2044-2051

  Choi, S S H ^a   Danielewska Nikiel, B ^a   Kojima, I ^b   Takata, H ^b  

^a Cantox Health Sciences International   (Canada)

^b EZAKI GLICO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branching enzyme; Genotoxicity; Mutagenicity; Subchronic; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

1,4 ALPHA GLUCAN BRANCHING ENZYME;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CHO CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTOXICITY; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; WEIGHT GAIN;

1,4-ALPHA-GLUCAN BRANCHING ENZYME; ANIMALS; BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHO CELLS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DEXTRINS; FEMALE; MALE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; URINALYSIS;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; RATTUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 68649126250     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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