Safety evaluation of DHA-rich Algal Oil from Schizochytrium sp.

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3310-3318

  Fedorova Dahms, I ^a   Marone, P A ^b   Bauter, M ^b   Ryan, A S ^a  

^a DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

^b Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

Author keywords

DHA; DHA rich Algal Oil; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Schizochytrium sp.; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANEUGEN; CLASTOGEN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL;

AMES TEST; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; MALE; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCHIZOCHYTRIUM; TOXICITY TESTING; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; FISH OILS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; OILS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPLEEN; STRAMENOPILES; TOXICITY TESTS, SUBCHRONIC;

ALGAE; RATTUS; SCHIZOCHYTRIUM;

EID: 80054920715     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.08.024     Document Type: Article

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