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ArticleToxicology reports2018

A 14-day repeated-dose oral toxicological evaluation of an isothiocyanate-enriched hydro-alcoholic extract from

Youjin Kim, Asha Jaja-Chimedza, Daniel Merrill, Odete Mendes, Ilya Raskin

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Article in Toxicology reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. FermentedPharmaceutical biology · 2026
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  4. HarnessingInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  7. Isothiocyanate-Rich Moringa Seed Extract Activates SKN-1/Nrf2 Pathway inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  8. Isothiocyanate-rich moringa seed extract reduces skin inflammation in mouse ear edema model.Phytomedicine plus : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2023
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  13. Glucosinolates and Isothiocyanates from Moringa oleifera: Chemical and Biological Approaches.Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Youjin KimNutrasorb, LLC., NJ, USA.
Asha Jaja-ChimedzaDepartment of Plant Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, NJ, USA.
Daniel MerrillProduct Safety Labs, NJ, USA.
Odete MendesProduct Safety Labs, NJ, USA.
Ilya RaskinDepartment of Plant Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, NJ, USA.

Funding

Pregnane and Glycosides and Obesity/llya RaskinP50AT002776 · NCCIH · LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR · PI RIBNICKY, DAVID M · 2005 to 2019
$24.9M
Training in Botanical Approaches to Combat Metabolic SyndromeT32AT004094 · NCCIH · LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR · PI BRANTLEY, PHILLIP J, STEPHENS, JACQUELINE M · 2009 to 2024
$5.7M
Stable, antiinflammatory isothiocyanates from moringa may prevent and treat IBDR43AT008628 · NCCIH · NUTRASORB, LLC · PI KIM, YOUJIN · 2015 to 2017
$212k
NCCIH NIH HHS P50 AT002776NCCIH NIH HHS R43 AT008628NCCIH NIH HHS T32 AT004094
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 14-d short-term oral toxicity study in rats evaluated the safety of moringa isothiocyanate-1 (MIC-1)-enriched hydro-alcoholic moringa seeds extract (MSE). Rats (5 males/5 females per group) were gavaged daily for 14 d with the vehicle control or MSE, at 78 (low), 257 (mid-low), 772 (mid-high), or 2571 (high) mg/kg bw/d, standardized to MIC-1 (30, 100, 300, or 1000 mg/kg bw/d, respectively). Toxicological endpoints included body weight and weight gain, food consumption and feed efficiency, clinical observations, hematology, gross necropsy and histopathology, and relative organ weights. Mortality was only observed in the high dose group animals, both male and female, representing decreases in body weight/weight gain and food consumption/feed efficiency. Irregular respiratory patterns and piloerection were major clinical observations found primarily in the mid-high and high dose group animals. In the high dose group, gastrointestinal distention and stomach discoloration were observed in non-surviving males and females, and degeneration and necrosis of the testicular germinal cells and epididymal cells were also observed in a non-surviving male. Increased liver weights were found in females in the mid-high and high dose groups. Animals in the low and mid-low groups did not exhibit adverse effects of MSE (100 mg/kg bw/d MIC-1). A no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL) of the standardized MSE was determined as 257 mg/kg bw/d providing 100 mg/kg bw/d MIC-1.

Indexed as

ANOVA, analysis of varianceGLP, good laboratory practiceITC, isothiocyanateMIC-1, moringa isothiocyanate-1MICs, moringa isothiocyanatesMoringa isothiocyanatesMoringa oleifera Lam.Moringa seedsMSE, moringa seed extractNF-κB, nuclear factor kappa BNOAEL, no observed adverse effect levelNO, nitric oxideNo observed adverse effect level (NOAEL)Nrf2, nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2PEITC, phenethyl isothiocyanateSD, standard deviationToxicity

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PMID29854612
PMCPMC5977371

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