A subchronic oral toxicity study of almond skins in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 373-376

  Song, Y ^a   Wang, W ^a   Cui, W ^a   Zhang, X ^a   Zhang, W ^a   Xiang, Q ^a   Liu, Z ^a   Li, N ^a   Jia, X ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Almond skins; NOAEL; Rat; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILE ACID; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA;

ALMOND; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PRUNUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; PRUNUS DULCIS; RATTUS;

EID: 72149122623     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.10.025     Document Type: Article

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