Safety evaluation of Algal Oil from Schizochytrium sp

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-77

  Fedorova Dahms, I ^a   Marone, P A ^b   Bailey Hall, E ^a   Ryan, A S ^a  

^a Martek Biosciences Corporation   (United States)

^b Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algal Oil; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Schizochytrium sp.; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALGAL OIL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MENHADEN OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMES TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; HEMATOCRIT; HISTIOCYTOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RAT; SCHIZOCHYTRIUM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EUKARYOTA; FEMALE; MALE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; OILS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; RATTUS; SCHIZOCHYTRIUM;

EID: 78650288166     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.09.033     Document Type: Article

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