• Peer-reviewed journal article

• rice

• insect resistance

• China

• no effect

• no effect

In the present work, we evaluated the chronic effects of the transgenic insect-resistant rice carrying Cry1Ac and sck genes on Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats through a 78-week feeding study. Based on the gender and weight, 180 SD rats were randomly and evenly assigned into three groups. GM rice and non-GM rice were separately formulated into diets at high levels. AIN-93 diet was used as a nutritional control. Body weight, food consumption, hematology and serum chemistry were monitored regularly. Rats were sacrificed for organ weight measurement and pathological examination at 52weeks and 78weeks. Body weight, food consumption, mortality rates, tumor incidences and pathological findings showed no significant difference among the three groups. Although certain differences in some hematology, serum chemistry parameters and relative organ weights were observed between GM rice group and control groups, they were not considered as treatment-related. Taken together, long-term intake of transgenic rice carrying Cry1Ac and sck genes at a high level exerts no unintended adverse effects on rats.

• Key Program of Transgenic Plant Breeding

• China

• government

MLA

Zhang, M, Q Zhuo, Y Tian, J Piao, X Yang. "Long-term toxicity study on transgenic rice with Cry1Ac and sck genes." Food and Chemical Toxicology 63.1 (2014): 76-83. Web. 19 Apr. 2024.

APA

Zhang, M., Zhuo, Q., Tian, Y., Piao, J., & Yang, X. (2014). Long-term toxicity study on transgenic rice with Cry1Ac and sck genes. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 63(1), 76-83. doi:10.1016/j.fct.2013.10.035

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