Assessment of potential toxicological aspects of dietary exposure to silicon-rich spirulina in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 108-113

  Vidé, Joris ^a   Romain, Cindy ^a   Feillet Coudray, Christine ^b   Bonafos, Béatrice ^b   Cristol, Jean Paul ^a   Fouret, Gilles ^b   Rouanet, Jean Max ^a   Gaillet, Sylvie ^a,b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b University of Montpellier   (France)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Oxidative status; Rats; Silicon; Spirulina; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; SILICON; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; INFLAMMATION; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SPIRULINA; TOXICITY TESTING; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

RATTUS; SPIRULINA;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; SILICON; SPIRULINA;

EID: 84925439978     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2015.02.021     Document Type: Article

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