Evaluation of acute and subacute toxicity and mutagenic activity of the aqueous extract of pecan shells [Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch]

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 579-585

  Porto, Luiz Carlos Santos ^a,b   da Silva, Juliana ^b   de Barros Falcão Ferraz, Alexandre ^b   Corrêa, Dione Silva ^b   dos Santos, Marcela Silva ^b   Porto, Caroline Dalla Lana ^c   Picada, Jaqueline Nascimento ^b  

^a Universidade da Regiao da Campanha   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^c Universidade Regional Integrada   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carya illinoinensis; Ellagic acid; Gallic acid; Micronucleus test; Pecan shell; Salmonella microsome assay

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS EXTRACT; ELLAGIC ACID; FLAVANOID; GALLIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MICROSOME; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PECAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; ELLAGIC ACID; GALLIC ACID; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; PECAN SHELL; SALMONELLA/MICROSOME ASSAY;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BRAZIL; CARYA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NUTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; TOXICITY TESTS, SUBACUTE;

EID: 84881000629     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.06.048     Document Type: Article

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