Safety profile of Hoodia gordonii extract: Mouse 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; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GESTATIONAL AGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOCYNACEAE; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; EATING; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY TESTS; UTERUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

HOODIA GORDONII; MUS;

EID: 84858259478     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.06.017     Document Type: Article

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