Novel approach for food safety evaluation. Results of a pilot experiment to evaluate organic and conventional foods

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 7425-7431

  Finamore, Alberto ^a   Britti, Maria Serena ^a   Roselli, Marianna ^a   Bellovino, Diana ^a   Gaetani, Sancia ^a   Mengheri, Elena ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute phase proteins; Conventional wheat; Lymphocyte proliferation; Organic wheat; Rats

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; ALBUMIN; ANTIBODY; CERULOPLASMIN; MITOGENIC AGENT; MYCOTOXIN; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PREALBUMIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; THYMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRANSFERRIN; TRITIUM;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SYNTHESIS; EVALUATION; FETAL CALF SERUM; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC FARMING; PILOT STUDY; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; WEANING; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHEAT;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY WEIGHT; CELLS, CULTURED; DIET; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH FOOD; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SAFETY; TRITICUM;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 9344229246     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf049097p     Document Type: Article

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