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    <language>eng</language>
          <publisher>Enviro Research Publishers</publisher>
        <journalTitle>Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science Journal</journalTitle>
          <issn>2347-467X</issn>
              <eissn>2322-0007</eissn>
        <publicationDate>2023-04-25</publicationDate>
    
        <volume>11</volume>
        <issue>1</issue>

 
    <startPage>187</startPage>
    <endPage>198</endPage>

 	 
      <doi>10.12944/CRNFSJ.11.1.13</doi>
        <publisherRecordId>15742</publisherRecordId>
    <documentType>article</documentType>
    <title language="eng">Prenatal Developmental Oral Toxicity Evaluation of Defatted Fenugreek Seed Flakes (FenuflakesTM) in Laboratory Rats</title>

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      <author>
       <name>Prasad Arvind Thakurdesai</name>

 
		
	<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
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      <author>
       <name>Pallavi Onkar Deshpande</name>


		
	<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>

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      <author>
       <name>Rohini Revansiddappa Pujari</name>

		
	<affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
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      <author>
       <name>Shailesh Anil Gumaste</name>

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	<affiliationId>3</affiliationId>

    


	 


      <author>
       <name>Mukul Prabhakar Pore</name>

		
	<affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
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		<affiliationName affiliationId="1">Department of Scientific Affairs, Indus Biotech Limited, Rahul Residency, Off Salunke Vihar Road, Kondhwa, Pune, India</affiliationName>
    

		
		<affiliationName affiliationId="2">Asistant Professor in Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Kothrud, Pune, India</affiliationName>
    
		
		<affiliationName affiliationId="3">INTOX Private Limited., Pune, Maharashtra, India</affiliationName>
    
		
		
		
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    <abstract language="eng"><p>Fenugreek seed-based ingredients showed potential health benefits towards female-specific conditions. The present work is aimed to assess the prenatal oral toxicity of fibers and protein rich defatted fenugreek seed flakes (Fenuflakes™). The acute oral toxicity and dose range-finding studies in non-pregnant and pregnant rats were conducted before the main study. The selected doses of Fenuflakes (500, 1000, and 2000 mg/kg) were orally gavaged to rats daily from day 0 to day 19 (one day before the expected day of parturition) post-conception with the concurrent vehicle control (VC) group. On the 20th day of gestation, the maternal and embryo-fetal toxicity parameters were recorded after the cesarean sections of dams. Results: Fenuflakes in tested doses exposure did not show significant toxicological changes in maternal (body weights, food intake, anogenital distance, or clinical observations) and embryo-fetal evaluations (number of corpora lutea, resorptions, and implantations, or fetus weights, sex ratio or incidence of anomalies) compared with VC. Conclusion: Oral prenatal exposure to Fenuflakes was found safe with no significant maternal and embryo-fetal toxicities. The "No Observed Adverse Effect Level” (NOAEL) of Fenuflakes (> 2000 mg/kg/day) can be used for risk assessment before human consumption in pregnant female population. </p>
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    <fullTextUrl format="html">https://www.foodandnutritionjournal.org/volume11number1/prenatal-developmental-oral-toxicity-evaluation-of-defatted-fenugreek-seed-flakes-fenuflakestm-in-laboratory-rats/</fullTextUrl>



      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword>Defatted fenugreek seed flakes</keyword>
      </keywords>

      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword> OECD No. 414</keyword>
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      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword> Prenatal Developmental toxicity</keyword>
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      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword> Reproductive system
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