Short term toxicity study of irradiated cocoa beans in rats
Groups of rats (30 males and 30 females) were fed stock diet and diets containing 350 g kg-1 of cocoa beans (non-irradiated or irradiated) for 18 weeks and observed for food consumption, haematological variations, changes in growth pattern and gross pathology. Even though there was no significant difference among the groups in haematological or gross pathological examinations, consistently less food was consumed by rats fed on diets containing either non-irradiated or irradiated cocoa beans. Furthermore, weight gain and terminal body weights of rats fed on cocoa-containing diets were less than those fed on the stock diet. Such differences, may at least in part, be due to alkaloids in the cocoa-containing diets and not as a result of irradiation of the beans.
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| Format: | biblioteca |
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1981
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| Subjects: | CACAO, IRRADIACION, DIETA, RATA, TOXICIDAD, |
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