Zhi Zeng, Jingzhou Dong, Zhichen Gao, Bolin Fan, Yaobing Chen, Kai Luo, Xiaojiang Zheng
Idesia polycarpa , belonging to the Flacourtiaceae family, is a tall deciduous tree, widely distributed in some Asian countries. It is famous for its high yield of fruit known as oil grape, which is rich of linoleic acid and linolenic acid, and so on. To provide evidences for its safe use as food, subchronic toxicity of I. polycarpa fruit oil and no observed adverse effect level were performed in male and female specific pathogen-free Wistar rats. Based on the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development guidelines, the oil was orally administered to rats by gavage at 0, 1...
April 15, 2024: Journal of Medicinal Food