Proceedings of the Korean Society of Toxicology Conference (한국독성학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2002.11b
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- Pages.198-198
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- 2002
Estimating Benchmark Dose and Permissible Intake Level Using Subchronic Toxicity Data of Aristolochia Contorta
- Lee, Hyomin (Division of Risk Assessment, Department of General Toxicology, National Institute of Toxicology Research) ;
- Eunkyung Yoon (Division of Risk Assessment, Department of General Toxicology, National Institute of Toxicology Research) ;
- Myungsil Hwang (Division of Risk Assessment, Department of General Toxicology, National Institute of Toxicology Research) ;
- Lee, Geunyung (Division of Risk Assessment, Department of General Toxicology, National Institute of Toxicology Research) ;
- Jisun Yang (Division of Risk Assessment, Department of General Toxicology, National Institute of Toxicology Research) ;
- Kihwa Yang (Risk Assessment, Department of General Toxicology, National Institute of Toxicology Research) ;
- Kwangsup Kil (Assessment, Department of General Toxicology, National Institute of Toxicology Research)
- Published : 2002.11.01
Abstract
Occurrence of Chinese Herbs Nephropathy (CHN) has been reported in young women who had taken a slimming pills containing some chinese herbs. Aristolochic acid (AA) known as a carcinogen, was suspected as the major causal factor of CHN. AA is major component of fruit of A. contorta was used in Korean Traditional Medicine.(omitted)
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