A 90-day subchronic feeding study of genetically modified maize expressing Cry1Ac-M protein in Sprague-Dawley rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3215-3221

  Liu, Pengfei ^a   He, Xiaoyun ^a,b   Chen, Delong ^a   Luo, Yunbo ^a,b   Cao, Sishuo ^a   Song, Huan ^a   Liu, Ting ^a   Huang, Kunlun ^a,b   Xu, Wentao ^a,b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Cry1Ac M; Food safety; Genetically modified; Insect resistant; Maize

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CRY1AC M TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRY1AC M GENE; DEATH; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INSECT RESISTANCE; MAIZE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLANT GENOME; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ZEA MAYS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; RATTUS; RODENTIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84864124124     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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