A 6-week oral gavage toxicity study of a novel galacto-oligosaccharide in juvenile rats

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 722-728

  Kobayash, T ^a   Ishida, S ^b   Kaneko, K ^a   Onoue, M ^a  

^a YAKULT CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b BoZo Research Center Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Galacto oligosaccharide; juvenile rats; oral toxicity

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRTH; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEEDING; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; URINALYSIS; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; EATING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME; TOXICITY TESTING; URINE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PREBIOTICS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84903552000     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327113506239     Document Type: Article

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