Safety assessment of Cissus quadrangularis extract (CQR-300): Subchronic toxicity and mutagenicity studies

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3343-3357

  Kothari, Shil C ^a   Shivarudraiah, Prasad ^b   Venkataramaiah, Suresh Babu ^b   Koppolu, Kesavan Poonimangadu ^b   Gavara, Swapna ^b   Jairam, Ravikumar ^b   Krishna, Suhasini ^b   Chandrappa, Ravindra K ^b   Soni, Madhu G ^c  

^a Gateway Health Alliances Inc   (United States)

^b Anthem Biosciences Pvt Ltd   (India)

^c Soni and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary supplement; Safety; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS EXTRACT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AMES TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLANT STEM; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CISSUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TOXICITY TESTS, SUBCHRONIC;

CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS; RATTUS;

EID: 80054950700     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.09.029     Document Type: Article

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