Estimation of tolerable upper intake level (UL) of active aloe

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 72, Issue 21-22, 2009, Pages 1455-1462

  Kwack, Seung Jun ^a   Kim, Kyu Bong ^a   Lee, Byung Mu ^b  

^a National Institute of Toxicological Research   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ALOE POLYSACCHARIDE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALOE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY MASS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOWEST OBSERVED ADVERSE EFFECT LEVEL; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TOLERABLE UPPER INTAKE LEVEL; TOXICITY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPLEEN;

ALOE; ALOE VERA; ANIMALIA; MUS;

ALOE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MICE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPLEEN;

EID: 75749104331     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390903212931     Document Type: Article

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