A subacute toxicity evaluation of green tea (Camellia sinensis) extract in mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2624-2630

  Hsu, Yu Wen ^a   Tsai, Chia Fang ^b   Chen, Wen Kang ^c   Huang, Chun Fa ^d   Yen, Cheng Chieh ^a,e  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TRANSWORLD UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAINAN INSTITUTE OF NURSING   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Catechins; Green tea extract; Mice; Subacute toxicity

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMAN DERIVATIVE; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; GALLOCATECHIN; GALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABNORMAL FECES; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CHOLESTEROL; EATING; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TRIGLYCERIDES; URINALYSIS;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; MUS;

EID: 80051867088     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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