[Toxicity of anti-herbicide gene (BAR) transgenic rice]

Wei Sheng Yan Jiu. 2000 May 30;29(3):141-2.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

In order to evaluate the safety of anti-herbicide gene(BAR) transgenic rice, acute toxicity experiments, mutation experiments and a 30-day feeding test were conducted. The results were as follows: The oral LD50 for mice and rats was larger than 21.5 g/kg BW and no mutation was found. The rats consuming 16.32 and 64 g/kg BW were in good growth and development at the 30-day feeding test. The body weight, food utilization, routine blood tests, the ratio of organ weight to body weight, and patho-histological observations had no obvious change. The none effect dosage for the transgene rice was 64 g/kg.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Female
  • Herbicides
  • Insecticide Resistance / genetics
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred ICR
  • Mutagenicity Tests
  • Oryza / genetics*
  • Plants, Genetically Modified / toxicity*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Transgenes / genetics*

Substances

  • Herbicides