Evaluation of 90-day oral rat toxicity studies on the food additive, gum ghatti

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 215-224

  Maronpot, Robert R ^a   Davis, Jeffrey ^b   Moser, Glenda ^b   Giri, Dipak K ^b   Hayashi, Shim mo ^c  

^a Maronpot Consulting LLC   (United States)

^b INTEGRATED LABORATORY SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c SAN EI GEN F F I INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

AIN 93M diet; Cecal enlargement; Food additive; Gum

Indexed keywords

GUM GHATTI; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CECUM; COLON ULCER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CECUM; COLONIC DISEASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOOD ADDITIVES; MALE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PLANT GUMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TOXICITY TESTS; ULCER;

ANOGEISSUS LATIFOLIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84867795186     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.09.037     Document Type: Article

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