Safety evaluation of an açai-fortified fruit and berry functional juice beverage (MonaVie Active®)

Toxicology

Volumn 278, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-54

  Schauss, Alexander G ^a   Clewell, Amy ^a   Balogh, Lajos ^b   Szakonyi, Ilona Pasics ^c   Financsek, Istvan ^d   Horváth, János ^d   Thuroczy, Julianna ^e   Béres, Erzsébet ^c   Vértesi, Adél ^c   Hirka, Gabor ^c  

^a Natural and Medicinal Products Research   (United States)

^b National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene Budapest   (Hungary)

^c Toxi Coop   (Hungary)

^d Pharmaceutical Control and Development Laboratory   (Hungary)

^e SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

A ai; Acute toxicity; Euterpe oleracea; Functional food; Genotoxicity studies; Phylloquinone (vitamin K1); Subchronic toxicity

Indexed keywords

PHYTOMENADIONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EUTERPE OLERACEA; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD SAFETY; FRUIT JUICE; GENOTOXICITY; MOUSE; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARECACEAE; BEVERAGES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; FRUIT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOXICITY TESTS; VITAMIN K;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUTERPE OLERACEA; LACTUCA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 78149406945     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2010.04.017     Document Type: Article

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