Safety profile of Hoodia gordonii extract: Rabbit prenatal developmental toxicity study

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Dent, M P ^a   Wolterbeek, A P M ^b   Russell, P J ^a   Bradford, R ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Embryo fetal development; Food safety; Functional food; Hoodia gordonii; Plant extract; Steroid glycosides

Indexed keywords

HOODIA GORDONII EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS WEIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MATERNAL PLASMA; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; APOCYNACEAE; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL WEIGHT; HALF-LIFE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; TERATOGENS;

HOODIA GORDONII; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84858168384     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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