Teratogenicity and maternal effects of Lactobacillus brevis KB290 in rats and rabbits

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 722-726

  Yakabe, T ^a   Takashima, H ^b   Kuwagata, M ^b   Fukao, M ^a   Kikuchi, S ^a   Yajima, N ^a  

^a KAGOME CO   (Japan)

^b HATANO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lactic acid bacteria; Lactobacillus brevis; Probiotics; Teratogenicity

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; FOOD SAFETY; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RABBIT; RAT; TERATOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PROBIOTICS; RABBITS; RATS; TERATOGENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 79952444446     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.11.025     Document Type: Article

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