FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2006, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (1): 226-230.

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Toxicological Assessment on Prepared IgY Safety

 GONG  Chen-Rui, PAN  Si-Yi   

  1. 1.College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Food Safety Evaluation of Ministry of Agriculture of PRC; 2. Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
  • Online:2006-01-15 Published:2011-09-05

Abstract: To evaluate the edible safety of prepared IgY. Some tests of acute oral toxicity, born marrow cell micronucleus, sperm shape abnormality in mice, Ames and thirty - day feeding were conducted in our study.The LD50 of all the rats and mice were more than 20ml/ kg bw, so the teeth protection spray belonged to actually non - toxicity; tests of born marrow cell micronucleus, sperm shape abnormality in mice, Ames were negative; The thirty - day feeding test in rats demonstrated that it had no distinctive effects on routine blood, body weight and biochemical index. The teeth protection spray was safe for edibility.

Key words: IgY, acute toxicity, heredity toxicity, thirty- day feeding