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http://dx.doi.org/10.7852/ijie.2016.32.1.12

Safety evaluation of cricket(Gryllus bimaculatus) extract in Sprague-Dawley rats  

Lee, Somin (Toxicity Evaluation Center, Korea conformity laboratories (KCL))
Ahn, Kyu Sup (Toxicity Evaluation Center, Korea conformity laboratories (KCL))
Ryu, Hyeon Yeol (Toxicity Evaluation Center, Korea conformity laboratories (KCL))
Kim, Hye Jin (Toxicity Evaluation Center, Korea conformity laboratories (KCL))
Lee, Jin Kyu (Toxicity Evaluation Center, Korea conformity laboratories (KCL))
Cho, Myung-Haing (Laboratory of Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Ahn, Mi Young (Department of Agricultural Biology, National Academy of Agricultural Science(RDA))
Song, Kyung Seuk (Toxicity Evaluation Center, Korea conformity laboratories (KCL))
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International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials / v.32, no.1, 2016 , pp. 12-25 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, research investment in the improvement of food safety as a food source and specializing of nutritional source of edible insects is being actively conducted. Cricket especially has been attracting considerable interest in entomophagy; however, research on the safety assessment of cricket is limited. This study investigated the effects of cricket ethanol extract when orally administrated in Sprague-Dawley rats. Here, we performed a 4 wk repeated oral dose toxicity test in Sprague-Dawley rats following the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development test guidelines 407 under Good Laboratory Practice regulation. Rats were randomly allocated 4 groups: vehicle control, 250, 500, 1,000 mg/kg test groups and administrated based on body weight for 28 d. The animals were observed for mortalities and clinical signs, body weight changes, food and water consumption. At the end of treatment period, blood and urine were collected and analyzed. Subsequently, the animals were sacrificed and subjected to gross pathological examination and organ weight measurement. The organs were preserved for histopathological examination. The results showed that there were no systemic toxicological effects related with the cricket ethanol extract in the 4 wk oral repeated dose toxicity study. It is considered that NOAEL of cricket ethanol extract is greater than 1,000 mg/kg/d and there was no target organ detected.
Keywords
cricket; cricket ethanol extract; Gryllus bimaculatus; NOAEL;
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