Safety assessment of Apoaequorin, a protein preparation: Subchronic toxicity study in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-10

  Moran, Daniel L ^a   Marone, Palma Ann ^b   Bauter, Mark R ^b   Soni, Madhu G ^c  

^a Quincy Bioscience   (United States)

^b Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

^c Soni and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary supplement; Safety; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

APOAEQUORIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ALVEOLAR HISTIOCYTOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL VACUOLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE NEPHROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; ECTOPIC THYMUS; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOF EFFICIENCY; FORESTOMACH ULCER; HEPATOCYTE VACUOLIZATION; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUMEN DILATION; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MONONUCLEAR INFILTRATION; MORTALITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PLEURAL FIBROSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; SAFETY; SINUSOIDAL CONGESTION; SQUAMOUS CYST; STOMACH ULCER; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AEQUORIN; ANIMALS; APOPROTEINS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; EYE; FEMALE; MALE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOXICITY TESTS, SUBCHRONIC;

RATTUS; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 84876326815     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.02.047     Document Type: Article

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