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SUBMITTER: Lopez-Rios L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6205089 | biostudies-other | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
López-Rios L L Vega T T Chirino R R Jung J C JC Davis B B Pérez-Machín R R Wiebe J C JC
Toxicology reports 20181009
Xanthigen<sup>®</sup> is a nutraceutical combination for weight management capable of increasing energy expenditure via uncoupling protein 1 (UCP-1) in white adipose tissue. It consists of brown seaweed <i>Undaria pinnatifida</i> extract, rich in the carotenoid fucoxanthin (FX) and pomegranate seed oil (PSO), rich in punicic acid. Xanthigen was screened to determine its genotoxicity and 90-days repeated oral toxicity. Genotoxicity was assessed with the Ames test (TA89, TA100, TA1535, TA1537, WP2 ...[more]