An in vitro and in vivo toxicologic evaluation of a stabilized aloe vera gel supplement drink in mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 363-370

  Sehgal, Inder ^a   Winters, Wallace D ^b   Scott, Michael ^b   Kousoulas, Konstantine ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Science Technology and Toxicology (ST and T) Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Aloe beverage; Genotoxicity; Stabilized aloe vera gel; Subchronic toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CREATININE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEVERAGE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENOTOXICITY; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY MASS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STABILIZED ALOE VERA GEL JUICE; SUBCHRONIC TOXICITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALOE; ANIMALS; BEVERAGES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; GELS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS;

EID: 84873743663     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.01.012     Document Type: Article

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