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Non-mutagenicity of capsaicin in albino mice.

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Title Non-mutagenicity of capsaicin in albino mice.
 
Creator Dr., Muralidhara
Narasimhamurthy, K.
 
Subject 30 Spices/Condiments
 
Description Capsaicin, the active principle of red pepper, administered intraperitoneally to adult male mice at doses of 0.4, 0.8 or 1.6 mg/kg body weight/day (1/20, 1/10 or 1/5 of the LD50) on five consecutive days, did not induce any clinical signs of toxicity. No significant alterations were observed in epididymal weights, caudal sperm counts, testicular weights or testicular histology. In the sperm morphology assay, sperms at 1, 3, 5 and 7 wk did not reveal any treatment-related increase in the incidence of sperm-head abnormalities. Capsaicin also failed to induce dominant-lethal mutations during an 8-wk sequential mating schedule of males treated at the highest dose.
 
Date 1988
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://ir.cftri.com/2366/1/Food_and_Chemical_Toxicology%2C_Volume_26%2C_Issues_11-12%2C_1988%2C_Pages_955-958.pdf
Dr., Muralidhara and Narasimhamurthy, K. (1988) Non-mutagenicity of capsaicin in albino mice. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 26 (11-12). pp. 955-958. ISSN 0278-6915