<i>In vivo</i> acute toxicity and mutagenic analysis of crude saponins from <i>Chenopodium quinoa</i> Willd husks
Bingjie Lin, Xiao Qi, Lei Fang, Lei Zhao, Ruoyu Zhang, Jinjin Jing, Shujie Zhang, Xiushi Yang, Zhaohua Hou, Peng Xue
Abstract
: This work has demonstrated that quinoa saponins have limited acute toxicity effects, which provides a theoretical basis for their rational utilization.
Topics & Concepts
Chenopodium quinoaHuskChenopodiumChemistryToxicityAcute toxicityTraditional medicineBotanyBiologyFood scienceOrganic chemistryMedicineWeedSeed and Plant BiochemistryAdvances in Cucurbitaceae ResearchHeavy Metals in Plants