Safety and mutagenicity evaluation of red mold dioscorea fermented from Monascus purpureus NTU 568

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 161-168

  Hsu, Li Chuan ^a   Hsu, Ya Wen ^b   Hong, Chih Chun ^c   Pan, Tzu Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Sunway Biotechnology Company Limited   (Taiwan)

^c MedGaea Life Science LTD   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Monascus purpureus NTU 568; No observed adverse effect level (NOAEL); Red mold dioscorea powder (RMDP)

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; RED MOLD DIOSCOREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMES TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; MALE; MONASCUS PURPUREUS; MUTAGEN TESTING; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; POWDER; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CRICETULUS; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; MONASCUS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; FERMENTATION; FUNGI; MONASCUS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84896386172     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2014.02.033     Document Type: Article

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