Cholesterol reduction and lack of genotoxic or toxic effects in mice after repeated 21-day oral intake of lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) essential oil

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2268-2272

  Costa, Celso A R A ^a   Bidinotto, Lucas T ^a   Takahira, Regina K ^a   Salvadori, Daisy M F ^a   Barbisan, Luís F ^a   Costa, Mirtes ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Cholesterol; Cymbopogon citratus; Essential oil; Genotoxicity; Lemongrass

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS ESSENTIAL OIL; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC TOXICITY; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; GENOTOXICITY; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; LD 50; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; SEEDLING; SPLEEN; STOMACH; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; COMET ASSAY; CYMBOPOGON; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MICE; OILS, VOLATILE; ORGAN SIZE;

CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; MUS;

EID: 79960848480     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.06.025     Document Type: Article

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