Single and repeated oral dose toxicity study of fucoxanthin (FX), a marine carotenoid, in mice

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 501-510

  Beppu, Fumiaki ^a   Niwano, Yoshimi ^a   Tsukui, Takayuki ^b   Hosokawa, Masashi ^b   Miyashita, Kazuo ^b  

^a Saito Biotechnology Incubator   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fucoxanthin; Marine carotenoid; Mice; Oral administration; Safety evaluation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; DRUG METABOLITE; FATTY ACID; FUCOXANTHIN; FUCOXANTHINOL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; URIC ACID; VANADIC ACID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY MASS; LD 50; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER WEIGHT; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OXIDATION; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PURIFICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWEED; SPLEEN; SPLEEN WEIGHT; TESTIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; UTERUS WEIGHT;

MUS; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 70349904741     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.34.501     Document Type: Article

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