Experiment 1093178
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Gossypium hirsutum (MALVACEAE) |
| Citation | ABOU-DONIA,MB:. (1976). PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS AND METABOLISM OF GOSSYPOL.. 61() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | DESPITE THE POTENTIAL USE OF COTTONSEED PROTEIN FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION,RESEARCH ON THE EFFECT OF GOSSYPOL ON HUMAN BEINGS HAS RECEIVED LITTLE ATTENTION (AS OF A REVIEW PUBLISHED IN 1976). AFTER ONE YEAR OF HUMAN FEEDING EXPERIMENTS WITH BREAD PREPARED IN PART FROM COTTONSEED MEAL,NO ILL EFFECTS WERE CITED. INCORPORATION OF COTTONSEED MEAL FLOUR INTO AN ALL VEGETABLE PROTEIN MIXTURE FOR FEEDING CHILDREN,NO TOXIC EFFECTS WERE OBSERVED WHEN 60 GM. CONTAINING 0.1 TO 0.20% FREE GOSSYPOL WAS FED FOR 4.5 MONTHS. IN THE USA MAXIMUM GOSSYPOL IN COTTONSEED PREPARATIONS FOR HUMAN USE HAS BEEN SET AT 0.045%(450 MG/KG). LESS THAN 0.06% FREE GOSSYPOL AND 1.2% TOTAL GOSSYPOL IS RECOMMENDED BY INTERNATIONAL GROUPS. |
| Number | 15 |
| Qualitative result | INACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |