An innovative approach to the safety evaluation of natural products: Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton) leaf aqueous extract as a case study

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3150-3165

  Booth, Nancy L ^a   Kruger, Claire L ^a   Wallace Hayes, A ^a,b   Clemens, Roger ^a,c  

^a Spherix Consulting   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranberry; Extract; Generally recognized as safe (GRAS); New dietary ingredient (NDI); Safety evaluation; Vaccinium macrocarpon

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; ANTHOCYANIN; ARBUTIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHLOROGENIC ACID; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; CRANBERRY EXTRACT; DITERPENE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOID GLYCOSIDE; GRAYANOTOXIN; GRAYANOTOXIN III; HYDROQUINONE; INDOLE ALKALOID; IRIDOID; LUPININE; NATURAL PRODUCT; PARASORBOSID; PHYTOMENADIONE; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; QUINOLIZIDINE DERIVATIVE; STEROL; TERPENE; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; YOHIMBINE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; CASE STUDY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; QUALITY CONTROL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 84864151885     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.03.075     Document Type: Article

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