Experiment 818677
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | IN RATION |
| Organism | Theobroma cacao (STERCULIACEAE) |
| Citation | MORRISSEY,RB: BURKHOLDER,BD: TARKA JR,SM:. (1984). EFFECTS OF COCOA UPON THE GROWTH OF WEANLING MALE SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS FED FLUID WHOLE MILK DIETS.. 29(2) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | INCREASED LEVELS OF COCOA IN CHOCOLATE MILK FED RATS FOR 3 MONTHS CAUSED DECREASED WEIGHT GAIN,PROBABLY DUE TO THE DECREASE FOOD CONSUMPTION OF THE BITTER TASTING SUBSTANCE. THERE WAS ALSO A DECREASE IN WBC COUNTS AND OTHER HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS,EXCEPT RBC WHICH WAS INCREASED. THERE WERE NO HISTOPATOLOGICAL FINDINGS. |
| Dose amount | 2.44 % OF DIET |
| Number | 3 |
| Qualitative result | WEAK ACTIVITY |
| Animal | RAT(IMMATURE) |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEEDS |