Long-term toxicity study on transgenic rice with Cry1Ac and sck genes

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 76-83

  Zhang, Min ^a   Zhuo, Qin ^a   Tian, Yuan ^a   Piao, Jianhua ^a   Yang, Xiaoguang ^a  

^a National Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic toxicity; Cry1Ac; Feeding study; Sck Genes; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRY1AC GENE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HEMATOLOGY; HETEROZYGOTE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLANT GENE; RAT; RICE; SCK GENE; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

HEXAPODA; RATTUS;

CHRONIC TOXICITY; CRY1AC; EFSA; EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY; FAO; FEEDING STUDY; FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GM; OECD; ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; SCK GENES; SD RATS; SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS; SPSS; STATISTICS PACKAGE FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE; TRANSGENIC RICE; WHO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BODY WEIGHT; ENDOTOXINS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84888091616     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.10.035     Document Type: Article

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