Effect of crop protection and fertilization regimes used in organic and conventional production systems on feed composition and physiological parameters in rats

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1017-1029

  Średnicka Tober, Dominika ^a,d   Barański, Marcin ^b,d   Gromadzka Ostrowska, Joanna ^a   Skwarło Sońta, Krystyna ^b   Rembiałkowska, Ewa ^a   Hajslova, Jana ^e   Schulzova, Vera ^e   Çakmak, Ismail ^f   Öztürk, Levent ^f   Królikowski, Tomasz ^a   Wiśniewska, Katarzyna ^a   Hallmann, Ewelina ^a   Baca, Elzibieta ^c   Eyre, Mick ^d   Steinshamn, Haìšvard ^g   Jordon, Teresa ^d   Leifert, Carlo ^d  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c State Research Institute   (Poland)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^f SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

conventional food; crop protection; feeding study; fertilization; health; organic food; physiological parameters; rat

Indexed keywords

CROP PROTECTION; FEED COMPOSITIONS; FERTILIZATION; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAIN EFFECT; MINERAL FERTILIZERS; MITOGENS; ORGANIC FOODS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PLASMA GLUCOSE; POLYPHENOLS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; WHITE BLOOD CELLS;

CADMIUM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; GLUCOSE; HEALTH; MANURES; PHENOLS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PROTEINS; RATS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

CORTICOSTERONE; FERTILIZER; INSULIN LIKE GROWTH FACTOR 1, RAT; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1, RAT; LEPTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CROP; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIC FARMING; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORTICOSTERONE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZERS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LEPTIN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84873371431     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf303978n     Document Type: Article

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