Experiment 1179941
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | IN RATION |
| Organism | Curcuma longa (ZINGIBERACEAE) |
| Citation | BILLE,N: LARSEN,JC: HANSEN,EV: WURTZEN,G:. (1985). SUBCHRONIC ORAL TOXICITY OF TURMERIC OLEORESIN IN PIGS.. 23(11) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | ANIMALS WERE FED DIETARY LEVELS OF THIS OLEORESIN EQUAL TO 60, 296, AND 1551 MG/KG/DAY FOR 102-109 DAYS. ALL DOSE LEVELS SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT DOSE-DEPENDENT INCREASE IN LIVER AND THYROID WEIGHT. A REDUCTION IN WEIGHT GAIN AND FEED CONVERSION EFFICIENCY WAS OBSERVED IN THE HIGH DOSE GROUP. THE TWO HIGHER DOSE GROUPS SHOWED EVIDENCE OF THYROIDAL HYPERPLASIA, EPITHELIAL CHANGES IN THE URINARY BLADDER AND KIDNEY, AND PERICHOLANGITIS. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | PIG |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | OLEORESIN |