Safety assessment of consumption of glabrous canary seed (Phalaris canariensis L.) in rats

• Published in: Food and chemical toxicology Vol. 63; pp. 91 - 103
• Main Authors: Magnuson, B.A., Patterson, C.A., Hucl, P., Newkirk, R.W., Ram, J.I., Classen, H.L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Canary seed; Dietary; Female; Food Safety; Glabrous; Hairless; Male; Medical sciences; Phalaris - embryology; Phalaris canariensis; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Safety; Seeds - toxicity; Toxicology; Triticum aestivum; MCV; AST; ALP; F; CK; ALT; Hairless; M; Dietary; RBC; Toxicology; MCH; Glabrous; MCHC; Hct; Canary seed; A/G; AME; WBC; BUN; Hb; LUC; Safety; Monocotyledones; Seeds; Rat; Toxicity; Rodentia; Feeding; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Gramineae; Food intake; Animal; Seed; Angiospermae; Plant origin; Phalaris canariensis; Spermatophyta; red blood cell count; hematocrit; blood urea nitrogen; hemoglobin; mean corpuscular hemoglobin; alanine aminotansferase; albumin:globulin ratio; apparent metabolizable energy; alkaline phosphatase; creatine kinase; female; white blood cell count; mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; aspartate aminotransferase; mean corpuscular volume; large unstained cells; male

•28-day and 90-day oral feeding studies of up to 10% glabrous canary seed show no adverse effects.•Additional 90-day study with 50% glabrous (or hairless) canary seed also finds no adverse effects.•Results support use of glabrous canary seed as a human food cereal grain. Canary seed is a nutrient-ri...