Safety evaluation of steroidal saponin DT-13 isolated from the tuber of Liriope muscari (Decne.) Baily

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2243-2251

  Ma, Shengtang ^a,b   Kou, Junping ^a,b   Yu, Boyang ^a,b  

^a CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China Pharmaceutical University   (China)

Author keywords

Acute oral toxicity; Ames test; Micronucleus test; Safety evaluation; Steroidal saponin DT 13; Subchronic toxicity

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; PLANT EXTRACT; STEROIDAL SAPONIN DT 13; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AMES TEST; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENOTOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; LETHAL DOSE; LIRIOPE MUSCARI; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLANT TUBER; RAT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIRIOPE PLANT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SAPONINS;

LIRIOPE MUSCARI; MUS; RATTUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 79960836130     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.06.022     Document Type: Article

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