Safety evaluation of tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) flower extract: Assessment of mutagenicity, and acute and subchronic toxicity in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 583-590

  Li, Bo ^a   Jin, Yuxia ^a   Xu, Yi ^a   Wu, Yuanyuan ^a   Xu, Jiying ^b   Tu, Youying ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhong Lin Lü Yuan Beijing Research and Development Centre for Tea Flower   (China)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Ames test; Subchronic toxicity; Tea flower

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AMES TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FLOWER; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LD 50; MALE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURVIVAL; TEA; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CHINA; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; FLOWERS; MALE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TEA;

ANIMALIA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; RATTUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; THEACEAE;

EID: 78651388749     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.02.030     Document Type: Article

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