Safety Assessment of a New Pigmented Safflower Seed Coat (A82) by a Feeding Study on Rat

ABSTRACT Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is an annual herbaceous plant, cultivated mainly for the seed which is used for edible oil extraction and bird feeding. This study was designed to evaluate the safety of a new pigmented variety of safflower (A82) seeds. The results showed that oral admini...

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Main Authors: Soraya Karami, Mohammad R. Sabzalian, Layasadat Khorsandi, Mehdi Rahimmalek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2017-10-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132017000100503&lng=en&tlng=en