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http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/jkfn.2011.40.6.824

Oral Toxicity Study on the 90-day Repeated-dose of 50 kGy Irradiated Methanol Extract Powder of Red Ginseng  

Jeon, Young-Eun (Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition & The Korean Institute of Nutrition, Hallym University)
Kim, Jin-Kyung (Dept. of Medical Life Science, Catholic University of Daegu)
Yin, Xing-Fu (Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition & The Korean Institute of Nutrition, Hallym University)
Lee, Ju-Woon (Division of Radiation Application Research, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Nam, Jin-Sik (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Suwon Women's College)
Kang, Il-Jun (Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition & The Korean Institute of Nutrition, Hallym University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition / v.40, no.6, 2011 , pp. 824-831 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was to investigate 90-day repeated-dose toxicities of 50 kGy irradiated methanol extract powder of red ginseng in ICR mice. The test materials (methanol extract powder of red ginseng with or without 50 kGy irradiation) were administered by gavage to male and female ICR mice at dose levels of 0, 125, 250 and 500 mg/kg/day for 90 days. In the results, no abnormality was observed in mortality, clinical findings, body weight changes, food consumptions, opthalmoscopic findings, necropsy findings and histopathological findings. Although the minor changes in blood and biochemical parameters were observed, they were not dose dependent and not affected by gamma irradiation. In conclusion, 90-day repeated oral dose of the methanol extract powder of red ginseng and 50 kGy irradiated methanol extract powder of red ginseng to ICR mice did not cause apparent toxicological change at the dose of 125, 250 and 500 mg/kg body weight.
Keywords
red ginseng; gamma irradiation; 90-day repeated-dose oral toxity;
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