The safety of a dry spearmint extract in vitro and in vivo

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 213-224

  Lasrado, Joanne A ^a   Trinker, Debbie ^a   Ceddia, Michael A ^b   Herrlinger, Kelli A ^a  

^a Kemin Industries Inc   (United States)

^b The Scotts Miracle Gro Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberration; Mutagenicity; Rosmarinic acid; Spearmint; Subchronic study

Indexed keywords

MENTHA SPICATA EXTRACT; ROSMARINIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT;

AMES TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOPHYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SALIVARY GLAND; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; MENTHA SPICATA; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROCEDURES;

MENTHA SPICATA; RATTUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MENTHA SPICATA; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE;

EID: 84920946382     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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