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Safety evaluation of an açai-fortified fruit and berry functional juice beverage (MonaVie Active(®)).
Toxicology - 28 Nov 2010
Schauss Alexander G, Clewell Amy, Balogh Lajos, Szakonyi Ilona Pasics, Financsek Istvan, Horváth János, Thuroczy Julianna, Béres Erzsébet, Vértesi Adél, Hirka Gabor
Abstract excerpt
The safety of an açai (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) pulp enriched fruit and berry juice, MonaVie Active®, fortified with the functional ingredient, glucosamine, was studied. The beverage was found not to be mutagenic, clastogenic, cytotoxic, or genotoxic, as determined by the bacterial reverse mutation assay, chromosomal aberration assay, mouse micronucleus assay, and mammalian cell gene mutation (L5178Y) assay. The...
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