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Toxicity studies on turmeric (Curcuma longa): acute toxicity studies in rats, guineapigs and monkeys.

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Title Toxicity studies on turmeric (Curcuma longa): acute toxicity studies in rats, guineapigs and monkeys.
 
Creator Bhavanishankar, T. N.
Shantha, N. V.
Ramesh, H. P.
Indira Murthy, A. S.
Sreenivasa Murthy, V.
 
Subject 17 Toxicology
07 Turmeric
 
Description Acute toxicity studies conducted on different species of animals, including non-rodents, indicated that turmeric or its alcoholic extract was not toxic, even when consumed at the very high levels of 2.5 g/kg or 300 mg/kg body wt., resp.
 
Date 1980
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://ir.cftri.com/6330/1/Indian%20Journal%20of%20Experimental%20Biology%2C%20Volume-18%281%20%281980%29%2073-75.pdf
Bhavanishankar, T. N. and Shantha, N. V. and Ramesh, H. P. and Indira Murthy, A. S. and Sreenivasa Murthy, V. (1980) Toxicity studies on turmeric (Curcuma longa): acute toxicity studies in rats, guineapigs and monkeys. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 18 (1). 73-75, 11 ref..