Acute and subacute toxicity assessment of lutein in lutein-deficient mice

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Nidhi, Bhatiwada ^a   Baskaran, Vallikannan ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Lutein; Macular pigments; Oral administration; Safety; Tagetes erecta

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; MUS; TAGETES ERECTA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; LD 50; MACULAR PIGMENTS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGAN SIZE; SAFETY; TAGETES; TAGETES ERECTA; TOXICITY TESTING;

LUTEIN; MACULAR PIGMENTS; ORAL ADMINISTRATION; SAFETY; TAGETES ERECTA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LETHAL DOSE 50; LUTEIN; MALE; MICE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ORGAN SIZE; TAGETES; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; TOXICITY TESTS, SUBACUTE;

EID: 84885426000     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.12256     Document Type: Article

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