Assessment of the safety of maslinic acid, a bioactive compound from Olea europaea L.

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 339-346

  Sánchez González, Marta ^a   Lozano Mena, Glòria ^a   Juan, M Emília ^a   García Granados, Andrés ^b   Planas, Joana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Maslinic acid; Mice; Olives; Pentacyclic triterpene

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; MASLINIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; TRITERPENE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SCREENING; FRUIT; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; OLIVE TREE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FRUIT; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OLEA; PLANT EXTRACTS; TOXICITY TESTS, SUBACUTE; TRITERPENES;

MUS; OLEA EUROPAEA; OLEACEAE;

EID: 84872826302     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201200481     Document Type: Article

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