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FOOD SCIENCE & NUTRITION
Volume 11, Issue 3, Pages 1544-1552Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.3195
Keywords
cancer; medicinal food; safety evaluation; toxicological assessment
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This research evaluated the edible safety of Balanced Health Care Dan, a Chinese formulation-based medicinal food, using mice as experimental subjects. The results showed that the formulation did not cause any toxicological effects in mice and had the potential to be used in clinical trials.
Chinese formulation-based medicinal food has been widely used in clinical trials, but its safety is not well studied. In this research, the edible safety assessment of Balanced Health Care Dan-a formulation containing traditional edible ingredients that were initially formulated to reduce side effects for lung cancer patients-was studied in mice based on biochemical and gut microbial analyses. The experimental mice were subcutaneously loaded with lung tumor A549 cells and then administrated with Balanced Health Care Dan (200 mg/kg or 400 mg/kg b.w. in gavage feeding) for 4 weeks. The body weight, blood parameters, and pathogenic phenotype in tissues were examined. No toxicological symptom was found in experimental mice compared with the normal control. Comprehensive analyses were also conducted to evaluate intestinal microbiota that are associated with many diseases. Balanced Health Care Dan modified the gut microbiota structure in a positive way. In conclusion, the Chinese formulation-based medicinal food has shown no toxicological effect in mice within 4 weeks of feeding experiment and has the potential to be used in clinical trials.
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