Safety studies conducted on a proprietary high-purity aloe vera inner leaf fillet preparation, Qmatrix®

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-98

  Williams, Lonnie D ^a   Burdock, George A ^a   Shin, Eunju ^b   Kim, Seunghyun ^b   Jo, T H ^c   Jones, Kenneth N ^d   Matulka, Ray A ^a  

^a Burdock Group   (United States)

^b Univera Inc   (South Korea)

^c ECONET Center 302 4   (South Korea)

^d Aloecorp Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Aloe vera gel; Aloe vera inner leaf; Genotoxicity; Qmatrix ; Subchronic toxicity

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; QMATRIX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALOE VERA; AMES TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GENOTOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY MASS; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING; URINALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALOE; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL LINE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CRICETINAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC;

ALOE VERA; RATTUS;

EID: 77951974808     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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