Subchronic toxicological evaluation of brea gum (Parkinsonia preacox) as a food additive in BALB/c mice

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 307-311

  Von Müller, Axel R ^a   López, Cristina B ^b   Eynard, Aldo R ^b,c   Guzmán, Carlos A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^c Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Food additive; Parkinsonia praecox; Plant gums; Safety evaluation; Tree exudates

Indexed keywords

BREA GUM; FOOD ADDITIVE; PLANT GUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT; CARCINOGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TOXICOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARGENTINA; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; LEGUME; LIVER; MUTAGEN TESTING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGAN SIZE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALIA; MUS; PARKINSONIA; PARKINSONIA PRAECOX;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARGENTINA; CARCINOGENS; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FABACEAE; FEMALE; FOOD ADDITIVES; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 74049128929     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: 15256014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01480540902976903     Document Type: Article

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